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| Success of MGNREGA forced Modi govt to celebrate it: Azad | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 3: Terming the MGNREGA launched by Congress led UPA-I as unique scheme of its kind in the world, the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and veteran Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said that the idea has been recognized by the World Bank also as the biggest job source in the World.
Addressing a largely attended Congress rally here today to celebrate 10 successful years of the launch of MGNREGA scheme in the country, Azad said that the scheme was aimed at providing right to job to the rural poor in this country and its success lies in the fact that around 13 crores households in the country covering a population of around 65 crores had availed the benefit of this scheme when the UPA-II relinquished its office.
He said that BJP leadership which had initially criticized the scheme in order to malign the UPA government but the Modi government had to take U-turn and has been forced to celebrate its 10 years of completion because of the remarkable success and achievements of this scheme and its popularity amongst the rural poor. Azad said that Congress president Sonia Gandhi had great concern for the people in rural areas and villages and the MGNREGA scheme was the result of the emphasis of the UPA leadership to uplift the rural poor and to ensure development in villages. He further said that Congress always launched pro-people and development oriented schemes in the country and the BJP led NDA government is only branding those schemes or changing nomenclature to take credit. He asked the Congress leaders and workers to educate the masses and make them aware of the schemes of the Congress party.
He lauded the efforts of the PCC leadership for galvanizing the party by organizing a series of conventions and programmes in all parts of the sate and asked the party men to unitedly coordinate the activities to strengthen the party.
Earlier, PCC Chief Mir in his address described MGNREGA as the biggest gift of the century by Congress led UPA leadership under Dr Mamohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi to the poor in the rural areas of this country. He said that this was only scheme in the world in which right to work has been granted under a landmark legislation where under the government is duty bound to provide job within 15 days of application or alternatively wages for each day of delay.
Lashing out at BJP for its rhetorics to malign the Congress for the launch this scheme, he said that the biggest certificate of the success of this scheme, is the declaration of World Bank crediting MGNREGA as biggest job source in the world. He said that it showed the approach and far-sightedness of the congress leadership towards the poor and down trodden in this country. AICC Secretary Mainual Haque in his address lauded the Congress leadership in the country for framing the schemes like MGNREGA, NRHM, SSA, RGGVY and other schemes aimed at the welfare and development of the rural and urban areas besides taking special care of the SC/ST/minorities and other downtrodden sections.
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