Overview
- The Congress Working Committee formally resolved to launch a nationwide ‘MGNREGA Bachao Abhiyan’ starting January 5, 2026.
- Parliament has replaced MGNREGA with the VB‑G RAM G Act, which guarantees 125 days of work and introduces a 60:40 Centre‑state funding split after receiving the President’s assent.
- Kharge pledged village‑to‑village mobilisation and compared the pushback to protests that forced the farm laws’ repeal, while vowing to defend workers’ rights.
- Rahul Gandhi alleged the Prime Minister’s Office took the replacement decision unilaterally, and opposition parties termed dropping Gandhi’s name an insult.
- The CWC also flagged the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls as a threat to democratic rights and coordinated state‑level actions beginning with December 28 protests carrying Gandhi’s portraits.