Key Highlights
- Surjewala claimed that the replacement of the UPA-era MGNREGA with the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act has impacted the livelihood of about 50 crore poor people.
- "In the last 11 years, Mahatma Gandhi's spectacles have been borrowed for propaganda, but his ideals were ignored.
- In a similar manner, the BJP seized power in the name of Lord Ram, but ignored his ideals.
- This is the manner in which the BJP runs the government," he said.
- He claimed the replacement of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has directly impacted about 12.5 crore poor, tribal, Dalit and backward class people.
