There is Congress wave after Modi, Shah’s visit: Siddu
Bengaluru, May 7: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that there is Congress wave in the state after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amith Shah visited Karnataka and campaigned here.
Speaking to reporters at his residence at TK Layout here on Monday, he said that after the visit of Modi and Shah, the Congress has been getting good response from the people. So, the Congress would come to power with full majority, he said.
“I don’t fear this election. Those who will lose have to fear. Why should I? When captain take the lead, soldiers would follow him,” he added.
On BJP’s allegation that SIddaramaiah has got a watch from a businessman as gift, the CM said that “it is true that I have watch tied in my wrist. Is that photo released by the BJP has watch? Why should you people ask the watch issue time and again. I cannot give hundred answers for hundred lies of BJP”, he said.
When asked about Sudeep’s campaigning in Chamundeshwari, Siddaramaiah said that Sudeep said that he would come to Chamundeshwari on May 9. Since then he did not contact him. Probably, he might come on May 9. He would go to Mandya tomorrow and campaign in favour of Darshan Puttannaiah, he said.
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Cong's countrywide protest on Wednesday against VB-G RAM-G bill replacing MGNREGA
New Delhi (PTI): The Congress will hold protests across the country on Wednesday against the Centre's rural employment bill VB-G RAM G that seeks to replace MGNREGA, claiming it was a "BJP-RSS conspiracy" to dismantle a rights-based welfare scheme and attack Mahatma Gandhi's legacy, workers' rights and federal responsibility.
The opposition party's general secretary, organisation, K C Venugopal, in a letter to all state Congress presidents, urged them to organise protests at all district headquarters.
These protests must be held with portraits of Mahatma Gandhi, symbolising resistance to the erasure of his name and values, and highlight how the proposed law will impact the crores of beneficiaries of MGNREGA, he said in the letter.
"The combined attack on Gandhiji's legacy, workers' rights and federal responsibility exposes a larger BJP-RSS conspiracy to dismantle rights-based welfare and replace it with charity controlled from the Centre," Venugopal said.
The opposition has strongly objected to the introduction of the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, 2025, when it was introduced in the Lok Sabha by Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday.
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The Congress and other opposition MPs also staged a protest in Parliament House complex over the Centre's move.
In the letter to the Congress state unit chief, Venugopal said that on December 28, the party's Foundation Day, programmes should be organised at all blocks and villages, with Mahatma Gandhi's portraits, reaffirming the party's commitment to the dignity of labour, social justice and the right to work.
"This is both a political and moral struggle. The Congress must lead from the front to defend MGNREGA, Gandhiji's legacy and the constitutional promise of justice for the poorest," Venugopal said in a post on X.
In his letter, he said the BJP government has taken an alarming and deliberate step by introducing a bill to repeal the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
"This is not a routine legislative exercise. It is a calculated political move to weaken a historical, rights-based people's law and to erase Mahatma Gandhi's name and values from India's most recognisable welfare legislation.
"This combined attack on Gandhiji's legacy, rights and federal responsibility exposes a larger BJP-RSS conspiracy to dismantle rights-based welfare and replace it with charity controlled from the Centre," he noted.
