Priyanka, Kharge claims VB-G RAM G act undermines MGNREGA's rights-based framework

Bengaluru, Dec 22: Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Monday strongly criticised the Union government’s VB-G RAM G act 2025 that replaced MGNREGA, claiming that changes in the new legislation weaken and undermine the previous act’s core promise as a rights-based rural employment programme.

In a post on social media platform ‘X’, Priyank Kharge said the act would gradually make the scheme untenable by transforming it from a demand-driven legal entitlement into a supply-driven arrangement, thereby stripping citizens of their right to demand work.

He observed that while the Centre would retain most decision-making powers, states would be forced to shoulder the bulk of the financial and administrative burden.