Bengaluru, Jan 27 (IANS) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and state President D.K. Shivakumar on Tuesday announced that around 6,000 village panchayat offices would be named after Mahatma Gandhi. “This is a decision of the Congress party,” he said.Speaking at the ‘Raj Bhavan Chalo – Mahatma Gandhi MGNREGA Bachao Sangharsha’ protest programme held at Freedom Park in Bengaluru on Tuesday, Shivakumar said that KPCC Vice-President V.S. Ugrappa and other party office-bearers had written to him…
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Bengaluru, Dec 27 (IANS) Just as farm laws were repealed, the VB- G RAM G Bill, passed in the Parliament, aimed to weaken the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), too, will be withdrawn, stated the Karnataka government. Addressing a press conference on Saturday, Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, IT and BT Priyank Kharge made the statement in this regard.Criticising the Centre, he said, “Just as the farm laws were repealed, this too will be withdrawn. …