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PM Modi Had Not Understood Depth Of MGNREGA: Rahul Gandhi In Wayanad

Rahul Gandhi who was questioned by the ED in an alleged money laundering case in connection with the National Herald case on Saturday alleged that the PM adopted such a measure in “confusion”

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday over the MGNREGA scheme saying that he was “shocked” when the PM spoke against the employment scheme in the Lok Sabha, reported news agency ANI. 

Speaking at his Lok Sabha constituency, Wayanad in Kerala, Rahul alleged that the “PM actually had not understood the depth of MGNREGA”.

“I was shocked in the Lok Sabha when I heard the PM speak against MGNREGA. He called it a living monument of the failures of the UPA. He called it a drain on the exchequer. It made me realise that the PM actually had not understood the depth of MGNREGA,” he said. 

He further said that the PM did not understand that the scheme “has forever transformed the Indian labour market”. 

“He had not understood that the MGNREGA has forever transformed the Indian labour market. He had not understood that MGNREGA was, for millions and millions of Indian people, the last resort and huge protection,” he said. 

The Congress MP who was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in an alleged money laundering case in connection with the National Herald case on Saturday alleged that the PM adopted such a measure in “confusion” while speaking in his constituency. 

"The Government of India...the Prime Minister thinks that by making me sit in the ED (office) for five days, I will change my behaviour. This is a confusion in the mind of the Prime Minister," the Gandhi told a UDF Bahujana Sangamam organised in Sulthan Bathery here against the Eco-Sensitive Zone policy of the BJP-ruled Centre and the CPI(M)-led state government.

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