Godse killed Gandhi physically, Modi Govt his soul: Surinder Rajput

*BJP used agencies against Oppn for vendetta politics: AICC

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 20: AICC Spokesperson Surinder Singh Rajput has blamed Modi Govt. for killing the soul of Mahatma Gandhi by replacing his name and repealing MGNREGA scheme, as BJP can’t tolerate his ideology to flourish in the country.
Addressing a press conference at Cong office here today along with working president Raman Bhalla, chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma and others, Singh said that Godse killed Mahatma Gandhi’s body by firing bullets but Modi led BJP Govt killed his soul, as they are against the ideology of Mahatma Gandhi and have insulted the father of nation by this shameful act.
He said that MGNREGA was the most revolutionary legislation in the country post independence which guaranteed right to work to the labour class and by repealing this scheme thereby trampling upon the right of 12 crore NREGA workers besides destroying the basic concept and vision of Gandhi Ji that i.e Gram Swaraj, dignity of labours and decentralize development in rural areas.
He said that Prime Minister Modi has been deeply hostile to MG NREGA since 2014 and during the past 11 years Modi Govt has systematically weakened and sabotaged this scheme by withholding mandated funds, deleting job cards and excluding around seven crore workers through Adhar based payment compulsion . Instead of providing 100 days of work under MGNREGA , it was reduced to barely 50-55 days work per year over the past 5 years.
Rjaput said the new framework has reduced the scheme to a conditional one and Centrally controlled and instead of 100 percent fully centrally funded under MGNREGA, the Modi Govt has now forced the burden of 40 percent cast on the state governments and thus once the funds run out during harvest season the workers can be denied employment for months together. Instead of Gram Sabhas and Panchayats who used to exercise powers under MGNREGA, the same are being snatched away and handed over to centralized digital command system, GIS maping, PM Gati Shakti layers, Biometrics dashboards and algorithmic surveillance. Most dangerously, the demand – driven nature of MGNREGA is being dismantled and replaced with a capped , centrally determined allocation system.
AICC Spokesperson termed this action of Modi Govt. as anti-people anti-workers and anti-federal besides a direct insult to the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi which is bound to devastate India’s youth with record unemployment declaring that congress will oppose it at every forum from Sadak to Sansad.
Hitting hard, the Modi-Shah’s vendetta politics against the Congress leadership of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, the AICC leader said that the recent dismissal of the politically motivated case by the court, the National Herald matter has come as a huge blow and humiliation to them when the court did not even find proper to take cognizance in the matter.
He said that this verdict lays bare the BJP’s criminal misuse of institution exposing how the state power is being cynically deployed to settle personal scores.
On the issue of restoration statehood the AICC spokesperson said that it is the right of every citizen of J&K which is being kept withheld arbitrarily illegally and unconstitutionally by the BJP Govt and said that Congress party shall intensify the struggle in this regard and JKPCC has the full backing of the congress leadership for their just demands.

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