The Congress on Tuesday (September 1, 2026) accused the Modi government of destroying the “lifeline” of the country’s poor, MGNREGA, and claimed that its real policy is to fill the coffers of crony capitalists by snatching the last morsel of bread from the poor.
Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh shared a media report on X, which claimed that the job card holders in Ballia district are becoming disillusioned with the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), a trend clearly reflected in departmental statistics.
“The Modi government has destroyed the lifeline of the country’s poor, MGNREGA, in the name of ‘VB G RAM G’. The BJP made grand speeches in Parliament, but on the ground, all those claims are proving to be empty hot air,” Mr. The Modi government has ended the right to employment for the poor and the deprived, which had been ensured by the Congress, Mr. Ramesh claimed.
In Ballia, against a target of 1.76 lakh man-day work, only 10,669 days of work were provided in two months.
Ramesh said in his post in Hindi on X. What the Congress had stated at the time of changing this scheme is now coming to light, he said. It is now clear that the Modi government had deliberately plotted to end the most successful and historic poverty alleviation scheme, MGNREGA, by enacting a new law, he said. This story is being repeated in every district of the country, he said. “In this back-breaking era of inflation, snatching the last morsel of bread from the poor to fill the coffers of crony capitalists is the real policy of the anti-poor Modi government,” Mr. Ramesh said.
