Overview
- Top Congress leaders, including Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, attended the extended CWC session in New Delhi to decide next steps.
- Parliament cleared the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) during the winter session and President Droupadi Murmu has given assent.
- The statute guarantees up to 125 days of unskilled rural work and requires a 60:40 cost share between the Centre and states.
- Congress and other opposition parties object to dropping Mahatma Gandhi’s name and argue the funding shift will strain states and weaken a key safety net.
- Senior leaders have held nationwide press events, Punjab Congress figures urged state-level pushback, and West Bengal’s TMC has promoted Gandhi-linked branding for its rural jobs programme.