Bengaluru, Jan. 27 -- Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said the Congress' protest was aimed at opposing the repeal of MGNREGA through the VB G Ram G Bill, asserting that the move curtails constitutional rights and centralises authority with the Union government.

The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) today organised a state-level protest in Bengaluru against the Centre's VB G Ram G Act. CM Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar led the Congress delegation to the Lok Bhavan in buses for the 'Lok Bhavan chalo' protest.

Siddaramaiah said that the party demanded that the legislation be repealed and the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) be restored.

Addressing reporters at Raj Bhavan...