The chief ministers of four Opposition-ruled states have objected to the VB-G RAM G Bill, arguing that it would deepen rural distress and enfeeble the last line of defence against hunger and forced migration. “During crises such as Covid-19, MGNREGA became the rural poor’s last line of defence against hunger, debt, and forced migration,” he said. Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan opposed the dropping of Gandhi’s name from the new law. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Tamil Nadu chief minister M.K. Himachal chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu opposed the bill that “seeks to take away rights of hardworking people”.

Source: The Telegraph December 20, 2025 01:40 UTC