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HKPatilcalls VB-GRAMG 'draconian'blowto rural workers
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|January 10, 2026
Karnataka Minister HK Patil on Friday did not mince words in condemning the central government's repeal of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), calling it "draconian" and a severe blow to rural workers.
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"It is regrettable that the Government of India has repealed MGNREGA," Patil told reporters. "This draconian move strips people, especially agricultural labourers and rural workers, of a right they had long depended upon for survival."
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