India, Dec. 18 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that her government will rename a state-funded job guarantee scheme after Mahatma Gandhi.

The development comes amid an ongoing row over the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill (G RAM G Bill 2025).

In the ongoing Parliament's winter session, the Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the VB-G RAM G Bill, which seeks to replace the United Progressive Alliance-era (UPA) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGNREGA) that guarantees employment in rural areas.

"Now Gandhiji's name is not there. I am really sorry. I am feeling ashamed. A bill has been introduced. Gandhiji's name will not be there in the NREGA scheme,...