All poor people had the right to work under MGNREGA and PM Modi-BJP wants to finish that concept,” Rahul said. Recalling the farmers’ agitation, the former Congress president said the government had earlier brought in the “three black farm laws” but had to repeal them after sustained pressure. “Some years ago they brought in the ‘three black farm laws’ but farmers stopped that after ‘all of us unitedly put pressure’ on the government,” he said. They are doing the same thing with workers that they did with farmers as they brought the three black farm laws,” Rahul added. The Congress launched ‘MGNREGA Bachao Sangram’, a 45-day nationwide campaign against the repeal of the UPA-era MGNREGA, on January 10.

Source: The Telegraph January 22, 2026 15:25 UTC