Congress will raise MGNREGS wage to ₹400, says Rahul
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said in Madhya Pradesh on Monday that his party, if elected to power in the Lok Sabha election, would increase the wage under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) to ₹400 per day.
“The press says that MGNREGS ruins the people’s habits. You do the labour and get paid for it but the media says your habits are getting ruined. But when the loans of billionaires get waived, they call that development. We have made up our mind that today you get ₹250 under MGNREGS, but after the elections you will get ₹400,” Mr. Gandhi said, addressing a rally in Alirajpur in the Ratlam Lok Sabha constituency.
Later in the day, Mr. Gandhi also addressed a rally in Segaon in the Khargone Lok Sabha constituency.
Once again terming the ongoing election as being about saving the Constitution and reservation, the Congress leader alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) wanted to “change and nish” the Constitution.
“If the Constitution gets nished, all the rights you have got will disappear. You jal, zameen aur jungle (water, land and forest), and reservation and the public sector will all disappear, and only 22-25 people will rule India,” Mr. Gandhi said.
“BJP leaders have clearly said that they will change this book (the Constitution) and keep it aside if they win the elections. This is why they had given the slogan of 400 seats (abki baar, 400 paar). Forget about 400, they won’t even get 150 seats,” he said, holding a copy of the Constitution.