They renamed railway stations, cities and now what is left is changing the country's name, said Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday while taking a dig at the Centre's rural employment bill VB-G RAM G that seeks to replace MGNREGA.
The AAP leader's reply came in response to a question over the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, 2025, on rural employment which was introduced in the Lok Sabha amid objections by the Opposition.
The Bill seeks to guarantee rural jobs for 125 days every year and replace the 20-year-old MGNREGA. "They changed names of railway stations and cities. Only changing the country's name is left now," he said.
Mann said that change will come by doing work, not by changing names. Pointing to a reporter at a press conference, Mann said, "If your name is kept Amitabh Bachchan or Shah Rukh Khan, will you become one or attract crowds..." Referring to names of the cities which were changed during the BJP-led government, Mann said, "You may call it Prayagraj or Allahabad, people want work should be done, what difference does the name make.”
If you do some work for people, even when you are gone, people will install your statues on every crossing and remember you, Mann said.
Coming back to the Bill, Mann said for MNREGA daily wagers, they may keep any name for the Bill, but they would want guarantee of employment.
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