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| Congress holds protest against BJP RSS move to repeal MGNREGA | | Karra leads protest, vows to continue fighting against assault on democracy, democratic institutions | 
Srinagar, December 21 (Scoop News)-The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee on Sunday held strong protest against the deliberate step by introducing a bill to repeal Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act popularly known as MGNREGA in Srinagar today in which hundreds of Party workers participated and condemned the BJP Govt for trying to erase Mahatma Gandhi's name from the Act.
JKPCC President Tariq Hameed Karra led hundreds of Party workers from Srinagar Party headquarter to protest against BJP RSS move to repeal MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act). The event witnessed scuffle between the Police and Congress workers as the heavy contingent of Police and Para military forces deployed at M.A. Road closed the entry gate of Congress headquarters and pushed back the protesting Congress Leaders and workers including JKPCC President Tariq Hameed Karra.
Amid heavy rains, hundreds of Congress Leaders and workers led by JKPCC President Tariq Hameed Karra assembled at Srinagar Party office on Sunday morning and started peacefully marching towards the M.A. Road to lodge their strong protest against the BJP Govt to repeal Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, besides the assault on democracy & democratic institutions in the country, but the police and para military forces did not allow Congress march to move towards M.A.Road.
JKPCC President who was leading from the front condemned the unjustified police action and vowed to continue Congress Party’s uncompromising fight against the BJP-RSS move to undermine the livelihood of poor people & authority of democratic institutions.
Speaking on the occasion, Karra said that Congress Party shall not compromise on Mahatma Gandhi’s supreme sacrifices and services rendered to the Nation, terming the BJP move to repeal MGNREGA a conspiracy to erase Mahatma’s name from the act, which will not accepted and will not by Congress and people of India unitedly. Introducing bill to remove MGNREGA amounts to snatch livelihood of rural population. We will not accept this undemocratic and unethical move of the Govt towards the poor people, Karra said.
The mindful decision to remove Mahatma Gandhi’ name from the act is deeply ideological. Mahatma symbolized dignity of Labour, social justice and moral responsibility of the Nation towards the poor and downtrodden section of the country. The move reflects the BJP RSS’s long-standing unease and distrust towards Gandhiji’s values and is an attempt to erase the father of the Nation’s affection and association with people friendly welfare law.
Karra said the bill abolishes the legal right to work that MGNREGA provided. It replaces a demand driven constitutional entitlement with a centrally controlled scheme that offers no enforceable guarantee of employment, no universal coverage and no assurance that work will be proved when people need it most, in reality, the right to earn livelihood is being snatched by Govt.
MGNREGA ensured that the Central Govt bore primary responsibility for funding wages, making it a true national employment guarantee. The new bill withdraws this responsibility, shifts the burden onto the State, caps allocation and undermines the very foundation of demand driven programme. This weakens federalism and forces states to suppress work demand due to financial constraint, JKPCC President added and said the combined attack on Gandhiji’s legacy exposed a larger BJP RSS conspiracy to dismantle rights-based welfare and replace it with charity controlled from the Centre, he rued.
Senior Congress leaders who joined JKPCC President in the protest included Surinder Singh Channi, MLA Irfan Hafeez Lone, Ex. MLA Abdul Raheem Rather, Senior Leader Nissar Ahmad Mandoo, GSO Abid Kashmir, Media Coordinator Dr.Audil Farooq Mir Lasjan, Haji Farooq Mir, District Presidents Irfan Naqib, Zaffar Salati, Umer Jaan, Er.Muzaffar Dar, Abdul Rashid Lone, Reyaz Manhas, Sheikh Aijaz, Javed Ahmad Mir, DYC President Yasir Nissar and various other leaders.
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