New Delhi, Dec. 15 -- TMC MP Sagarika Ghose on Monday said that the Central Government's draft bill to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (MGNREGA) is an "insult" to Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindra Nath Tagore and West Bengal.

This comes as the government is set to introduce the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevil Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025, to replace the MGNREGA scheme.

Sagarika Ghose said, "The Narendra Modi government is renaming the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. This is an insult to Bengal, an insult to Mahatma Gandhi, and also an insult to Rabindranath Tagore. Because it was Rabindranath Tagore who first called Gandhi ji by the name "Mahatma," this is an insult to B...