The Punjab Congress launched the ‘MGNREGA Bachao Sangram’ from Gurdaspur, demanding the revival of MGNREGA and rollback of the VB-G RAM G Act. Leaders including Bhupesh Baghel, Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, and Partap Bajwa criticised the BJP Centre for hostility towards the scheme, and the AAP government in Punjab for law-and-order failures, while vowing to protect rural employment and dignity.
The Punjab Congress on Thursday launched the ‘MGNREGA Bachao Sangram’ from Gurdaspur district, reiterating party’s resolve that the BJP government at the Centre will be forced to revive the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), and withdraw the new Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act.
Addressing party workers on the occasion, former Chhattisgarh chief minister and party general secretary in charge of Punjab, Bhupesh Bhagel said that it was the Congress only which has always taken decisions in favour of the working people and the marginalised sections of the society. He held that the MGNREGA which was launched by the Congress government was praised and appreciated across the world as pro-poor scheme.
टांडा उड़मुड़ में आज मनरेगा के समर्थन में उमड़ा जनसमर्थन बता रहा है कि मेहनतकश वर्ग अब चुप नहीं रहेगा। @bhupeshbaghel जी के नेतृत्व में शुरू हुआ यह आंदोलन गरीब मज़दूरों के अधिकारों की मज़बूत आवाज़ बनेगा। कांग्रेस हर स्तर पर @BJP4India की जनविरोधी नीतियों का सामना करेगी।… pic.twitter.com/zqTm23uzmM
— Amarinder Singh Raja Warring (@RajaBrar_INC) January 8, 2026
Speaking on the occasion, state party president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had revealed his hostility towards the MGNREGA from day one and described it as a failure.
He held that the MGNREGA scheme was accepted and acknowledged as the best rural employment generation scheme across the world as it had provided dignity to the rural poor and had also helped in moving the rural economy.
Source : https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/punjab-congress-launches-mgnrega-bacaho-sangram
