Khanna (Ludhiana), December 31
Cabinet Minister for Rural Development and Panchayats Tarunpreet Singh Sond, on Wednesday led hundreds of labourers in a massive protest against the Union Government’s newly enacted Viksit Bharat — Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025 (VB-G RAM G), which replaced the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
Addressing the gathering, Sond, accompanied by President of the Scheduled Caste Wing of the AAP Gurpreet Singh GP, termed the VB-GRAM Act a “black, draconian and anti-poor law” that will devastate the rural economy and snatch bread from the mouths of the most vulnerable sections of society.
“The BJP-led central government has betrayed rural India by bringing this black law. It directly attacks the livelihoods of lakhs of poor families who depend on MGNREGA for survival,” declared. “This new Act cruelly denies work during peak agricultural seasons—exactly when families need it most. This is not development; this is destruction of the rural poor”, he added.
The Minister highlighted that Scheduled Caste communities, women, and landless labourers will suffer the most. “The AAP will not remain silent. We will take this fight to the streets of Delhi. We will not allow the BJP Government to snatch the hard-earned rights of our workers,” Sond asserted.
