Bengaluru, Jan. 27 -- Karnataka Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Tuesday slammed the central government for implementing the VB-G RAM G Act, demanding that the MGNREGA scheme be brought back and the new Bill be "scrapped."

The Karnataka Pradesh Congress staged a 'Lok Bhavan Chalo' protest here against the recently passed Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, expressing strong opposition to changes in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) that "removed the powers of the Gram Panchayat."

Addressing the protest, Karnataka Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said, "This is a very important issue and the way the central government is behaving is extremely concerning. A very important law whic...