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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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‘Vote chori sarkaar’ perfected ‘gramin mazdoori chori’: Congress slams VB G RAM G Act after alleging no workers found at 5 Beed sites

New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday said the Modi government's replacement of MGNREGA is nothing less than a "surgical strike" on the social safety net that protected rural India and alleged that the "vote chori sarkaar" has also perfected "gramin mazdoori chori."

Congress general secretary in-charge, communications, Jairam Ramesh cited a media report that claimed that while thousands were working under the VB-G RAM G scheme on paper in drought-hit Maharashtra, no workers were found on the ground at five sites in Beed.

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