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Bengaluru: The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lodged a complaint with the Governor on Wednesday, alleging the presence of Congress state in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala in a meeting with Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials, chaired by Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar.

Former minister R. Ashok personally met Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot at the Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru to file the complaint. A delegation comprising MLA Suresh, MP PC Mohan Sadhri, and several other party leaders accompanied him.

The BJP and Janata Dal (Secular) (JD(S)), the opposition parties, have strongly criticized the state government after a photograph of Randeep Singh Surjewala, the Karnataka Congress in-charge, surfaced on social media. The photo depicted him attending a meeting with officials at a hotel in Bengaluru.

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The BJP's complaint to the Governor raises questions about the alleged involvement of Surjewala in the government's affairs, demanding a thorough investigation into the matter.

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New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday slammed the government over its move to change the name of MGNREGA, asking what is the government's intention behind removing the name of Mahatma Gandhi who is the tallest leader not just in India but in the world.

A bill to repeal the MGNREGA and bring a new law for rural employment -- Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, 2025 -- is set to be introduced in the Lok Sabha. According to a copy of the bill, it seeks to introduce the VB-G RAM G Bill, 2025, in Parliament and repeal the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) of 2005.

Asked about the government's move, Priyanka Gandhi said, "Whenever the name of a scheme is changed there are so many changes that have to be made in offices, stationery... for which money is spent. So, what is the benefit, why it is being done?"

"Why is Mahatma Gandhi's name being removed. Mahatma Gandhi is considered the tallest leader not just in the country but in the world, so removing his name, I really don't understand what is the objective? What is their intention?" she told reporters in Parliament House complex.

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"Even when we are debating it is on other issues not the real issues of the people. Time is being wasted, money is being wasted, they are disrupting themselves," Priyanka Gandhi added.

The bill aims at establishing a "rural development framework aligned with the national vision of Viksit Bharat 2047", by providing a statutory guarantee of 125 days of wage employment in every financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to undertake unskilled manual work.

The bill has been listed in the Lok Sabha in the supplementary list of business issued on Monday.

Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, in the statement of purpose of the Bill, said MGNREGA has provided guaranteed wage-employment to rural households over the past 20 years.

However, "further strengthening has become necessary in view of the significant socio-economic transformation witnessed in the rural landscape driven by widespread coverage of the social security interventions and saturation-oriented implementation of major government schemes", he said.

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