Taking a dig at the Narendra Modi government on the revised wages for MGNREGA workers, which has gone up by 3% to 10.5% for various States, including ₹7 hike for workers in Uttar Pradesh, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi sardonically congratulated the workers for their “increased” salary.
In a post on X in Hindi, Mr. Gandhi wrote, “Congratulations to MGNREGA workers! The Prime Minister has increased your salary by ₹7. Now he might ask you, ‘What will you do with such a huge amount of money?’”
He claimed that the government could spend ₹700 crore on a “Thank You Modi campaign” for this hike.
