Overview
- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge chaired the CWC at AICC headquarters in New Delhi with Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Shashi Tharoor and Congress chief ministers in attendance.
- The meeting focuses on finalising a nationwide agitational plan against the VB-G RAM G law that replaces MGNREGA, following a week of coordinated press briefings by senior leaders.
- Parliament passed the VB-G RAM G Bill in the winter session and President Droupadi Murmu has given assent, putting the new framework into force.
- The law guarantees 125 days of work for rural households and shifts financing to a Centre–state cost share of 60:40, replacing the earlier central responsibility for the wage bill.
- Congress leaders argue the funding change could strain fiscally weaker states and have objected to dropping Mahatma Gandhi’s name, while positioning the issue to galvanise wider opposition ahead of multi-state polls in 2026.