New Delhi, Jan. 3 -- The Congress party is set to launch the first phase of its 45-day 'MGNREGA Bachao Sangram' across all states, districts, blocks, and gram panchayats from January 8.

Congress has announced a nationwide three-phase agitation titled "MGNREGA Bachao", after the Centre enacted a new law - Viksit Bharat -- Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB--G RAM G) Act - to replace MGNREGA.

In a post on X, Jairam Ramesh said that the protest is to restore the Constitutional right to work - as enshrined in MGNREGA, 2005, that was enacted with the enthusiastic approval of all political parties and states during the first United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.

Criticising the VB-G RAM G Act, Ramesh said that the...