Congress MP Pramod Tiwari on Saturday criticised the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) government over the reports of renaming the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) as the “Pujya Bapu Rural Employment Scheme”, raising strong objection to the removal of Mahatma Gandhi’s name from the scheme.

“Has the BJP ever done anything besides changing names?… I have the strongest objection to this because it was initiated by the UPA. There is only one Mahatma Gandhi in the world…” he said.

Speaking to ANI, he further alleged that the BJP government has hate and disgust for Mahatma Gandhi and deep admiration for Nathuram Godse, the Hindu nationalist who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi on January 30, 1948.

“I don’t know why the BJP has so much fear, hatred and disgust for Mahatma Gandhi and

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