Jammu

Jammu and Kashmir Congress president Tariq Hameed Karra on Monday met newly appointed district presidents to finalise the strategy for the party’s proposed MGNREGA Bachao Sangram, a nationwide campaign opposing changes to the rural employment guarantee scheme.

The Congress has announced that the agitation will be held from January 10 to February 25 across the country.

Karra congratulated the new office-bearers and expressed confidence that their induction would strengthen the party’s organisational base in the Union Territory.

“The All India Congress Committee (AICC) has announced a 45-day national agitation titled MGNREGA Bachao Sangram to demand the withdrawal of the Modi government’s VB-G RAM G Scheme and the restoration of the UPA-era MGNREGA as a rights-based programme,” Karra said, according to a party spokesperson.

He said the Congress would organise protests in the form of gheraos of state assemblies, rallies, fasts, dharnas and chaupals as part of the campaign.

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Pradesh Congress Committee working president Raman Bhalla also addressed the meeting and stressed the need to rejuvenate the party at the booth and grassroots levels to effectively mobilise public support.