While raising slogans regarding MNREGA, the Congress expressed its resolve to follow the path shown by Mahatma Gandhi and Baba Saheb Ambedkar.
Jagran correspondent, Varanasi. Congressmen were seen agitated in Kashi on Sunday, raising slogans regarding MNREGA and expressing their resolve to follow the path shown by Mahatma Gandhi and Baba Saheb Ambedkar. Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai said during the party's MNREGA Bachao Rally, "Today our workers across the country are fasting in front of the statues of Mahatma Gandhi and Baba Bhimrao Ambedkar.
Said that this government has tried to abolish MNREGA, and every Congress worker is on the streets to protest against it. We had to sit here for the fast, but we are being stopped from sitting here. Every one of our workers stands for the rights and entitlements of the poor." While warning those in power, he said, "MNREGA is not a 'charity', it is the 'breath' of crores of poor. Stop breaking the back of villages by cutting the budget. When the stomach is empty, the hands will not work, but will demand accounts."
Ajay Rai said that today our symbol is fast at Townhall Maidagin Gandhi statue. He alleged that "The government is hiding behind the police out of fear of defeat. At the behest of Yogi-Modi, the police is guarding the houses of our District President and officials in the dark of night and putting them under house arrest."
He further said, "Fear is good, but remember, you will not be able to suppress the voice of rights with bars and guards. Stop strangulating MNREGA, otherwise the sweat of the villages will reach the seats of Delhi-Lucknow like fire. Work is our right, not begging."
Ajay Rai clarified that "We are on a fast. This government has abolished the MGNREGA law and they want to take away the rights of the poor. Congress will not let this happen. Police has been deployed here. Another name for the new scheme is that BJP people are spreading false propaganda. There is going to be a historic rally in Lucknow in which all the national leaders will participate."
Said that this movement of the Congress Party is an important step to protect the rights of the poor. The party believes that the importance of programs like MGNREGA is not only economic but also social. Through this rally, Congress has warned the government not to try to snatch away the rights of the poor. Thus, the Congress Party has given a message of unity through its workers and has pledged to struggle to protect the rights of the poor.