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Row in Parl as Opp’n opposes new rural jobs law during President’s speech
The Daily Guardian
|January 29, 2026
Opposition parties on Wednesday staged a protest during President Droupadi Murmu's address to a joint sitting of Parliament on the opening day of the Budget Session, opposing the repeal of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and its replacement with the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers Amit Shah, JP Nadda, Kiren Rijiju, Ashwin Vaishnaw and other MPs attended the joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament addressed by President Droupadi Murmu on the first day of the Budget Session, in New Delhi on Wednesday. ANI
(ANI)
As the President highlighted the new legislation, which guarantees 125 days of employment in rural areas, Opposition MPs stood up in protest, demanding that the law be withdrawn. National Democratic Alliance MPs thumped their desks in support of the government as the protest continued.
This story is from the January 29, 2026 edition of The Daily Guardian.
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