New Delhi, June 29 -- Senior Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader and former Rajya Sabha member Brinda Karat on Monday called on the Centre to withdraw the draft rules framed under the proposed Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act (VB-GRAMG Act), alleging that they erode workers' rights, centralise decision-making, weaken India's federal structure and jeopardise the employment guarantee previously provided under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
In a letter addressed to union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and released by the CPI(M) Central Committee, Karat urged the government to retain MGNREGA and reconsider the draft rules before the proposed roll...