NEW DELHI, Feb 2: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday said the MGNREGA launched by his party’s government two decades ago was the lifeline of the poor but the “arrogant” Modi government snatched it away.
In a post on X, he said the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) was not just an administrative scheme but a constitutional right for crores of labourers.
“Exactly 20 years ago, the Congress Party’s UPA government launched the scheme from Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh. The Government of India has so far spent nearly Rs 10.63 lakh crore on MGNREGA, which has helped MGNREGA workers get food twice a day, educate their children, access healthcare, prevent migration, and free them from exploitation. (Agencies)
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