Overview
- Union ministers Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Giriraj Singh defended the VB-G RAM G framework, calling Congress criticisms misinformation and asserting the overhaul curbs leakages.
- Party leaders said the BJP will launch door-to-door and booth-level campaigning after high-level meetings chaired by JP Nadda to explain the Act’s provisions to rural voters.
- The Congress announced a 45-day ‘MGNREGA Bachao Sangram’ from January 10 to February 25 seeking a rollback and restoration of the previous rights-based regime.
- Government messaging highlights key changes including a 125-day employment guarantee, unemployment allowance if work is not provided, technology-based monitoring, and a 60:40 Centre–state cost share.
- Opposition pushback expanded beyond Congress, with parties such as the TMC criticising the law and the Telangana Assembly passing a resolution the BJP dismissed as political theatrics.