New Delhi:Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has hit out at the ruling BJP over the G RAM G bill – the rural employment guarantee scheme to replace the MGNREGA enacted in 2005 by the party-led UPA administration.

Gandhi called the G RAM G bill an 'insult to the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi' and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government of trying to eliminate the secure livelihood of the rural poor after destroying the future of India's youth through severe unemployment.

In a post on X Gandhi, who is also the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, alleged that PM Modi had always opposed the ideas of Mahatma Gandhi and had been trying to weaken the scheme in his name since 2014. The Congress will oppose any such move, he asserted.

"Modiji has a deep hatred for two things - the ideas of Mahatma Gandhi and the rights of the poor. MGNREGA is a living embodiment of Mahatma Gandhi's dream of village self-rule. It is a lifeline for millions of rural lives and proved to be their economic shield during COVID," he said.

"But Prime Minister Modi has always been irritated by this scheme, and for the past 10 years, he has been trying to weaken it. Today, he is determined to wipe out MGNREGA completely."

Source:Ndtv