{"id":57234,"date":"2025-12-18T12:57:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T07:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/?p=57234"},"modified":"2025-12-18T12:57:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T07:27:26","slug":"opposition-mps-protest-in-parliament-against-g-ram-ji-bill-demand-withdrawal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/opposition-mps-protest-in-parliament-against-g-ram-ji-bill-demand-withdrawal\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition MPs protest in Parliament against \u2018G Ram Ji\u2019 Bill, demand withdrawal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Opposition MPs on Thursday staged a protest march inside the Parliament House complex against the government\u2019s proposed \u2018G Ram Ji\u2019 Bill and demanded its immediate withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p>The MPs carried a large banner bearing pictures of Mahatma Gandhi with \u201cMahatma Gandhi NREGA\u201d written on it. They marched from the Gandhi statue at Prerna Sthal to Makar Dwar and raised slogans against the government.<\/p>\n<p>Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said the opposition would take the fight to the streets if the Bill was not withdrawn.<\/p>\n<p>Several senior opposition leaders took part in the protest, including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, AICC general secretary KC Venugopal, DMK MPs Kanimozhi, T R Baalu and A Raja, IUML\u2019s E T Mohammed Basheer, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant and RSP MP N K Premachandran.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters, Venugopal said, \u201cToday, Parliament is witnessing the murder of democracy. By removing Mahatma Gandhi\u2019s name from NREGA, they are trying to destroy democratic values and the ideology of the Father of the Nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi also joined the protesting MPs and participated in the demonstration at Makar Dwar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Opposition MPs on Thursday staged a protest march inside the Parliament House complex against the government\u2019s proposed \u2018G Ram Ji\u2019 Bill and demanded its immediate withdrawal. The MPs carried a large banner bearing pictures of Mahatma Gandhi with \u201cMahatma Gandhi NREGA\u201d written on it. 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