Centre, BJP counter Opposition campaign against VB-G RAMG

‘The central government and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have asked ministers and key leaders to counter the Congress-led Opposition’s campaign on the Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission (Gramin), or VB-G RAMG, law.

- ARCHIS MOHAN

On Sunday, in Patna, Union minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) National President Chirag Paswan accused the Congress of misleading people by spreading fear around the government's schemes, especially the renaming of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).

He said the National Democratic Alliance, the ruling alliance at the Centre and in Bihar, was ready to debate the merits of the new scheme, VB-GRAMG, rather than its name.

“The Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal claim that the VB-G RAMG Act has placed extra burden on states byincreasing their contribution tothe overall budget for the scheme. Little do they realise that this hasbeen done to ensure collective responsibility on thelines of the federal structure ofthe country,” Paswan said, according toa Press Trust of India report.