Prayagraj, Jan. 11 -- Congress leader Pramod Tiwari on Sunday slammed the Centre's move to rename and restructure the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), stating that the government had "once again 'killed' Gandhi" ideologically after introducing legislation to replace it.

Speaking at a program organised at the Congress Seva Dal camp during the Magh Mela, the senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member said that it would have been fine even if they had renamed MGNREGA to Ram, but removing Gandhi's name was wrong.

He challenged anyone to find the word "Ram" in the name. Tiwari said that Godse ended Gandhi's life by shooting him three times, and the current government has once again "killed" Gandhi by amend...