According to him, this was the most successful programme in the history of India. The BJP could not digest this, and they have changed the name now.

"When Mahatma Gandhi's name was already existing in the scheme—the Father of the Nation who got us freedom—why remove Gandhi's name? The BJP is desperate; they could not tolerate the success of the yojana, and they have stooped so low," he said.

Similar protests have also been planned at district and taluka centres of the state.

The party also plans to raise the issues in the state legislature here.

The Congress' move came as the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, 2025, that seeks to replace the existing rural employment law MGNREGA, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday amid strong objections by the opposition to the "removal" of Mahatma Gandhi's name from it.

Also, a court in Delhi on Tuesday refused to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate's money laundering charge against Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, and five others in the National Herald case.