Overview
- Congress launched a 45‑day nationwide campaign featuring fasts, district press conferences, street plays and dharnas to demand repeal of VB‑G RAM G and restoration of MGNREGA.
- In Varanasi, security was tightened near the Prime Minister’s office as Congress alleged a police lathi‑charge on NSUI marchers, with no formal response from the Uttar Pradesh government reported.
- Karnataka’s Congress government said it will not accept the new law, prepared a legal challenge and scheduled a two‑day Assembly session to press for re‑implementation of MGNREGA.
- BJP, JD(S) and allied leaders defended the law as a reform guaranteeing 125 days of work with quicker wage payments and technology‑driven monitoring, operating on a 60:40 Centre‑state funding model, or 90:10 for specified states and UTs.
- Opposition leaders criticized the removal of Mahatma Gandhi’s name and warned that shifting a larger funding share to states would strain finances and dilute a rights‑based employment guarantee.