Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday alleged that the Modi government is attempting to dismantle the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), asserting that cuts to the scheme's implementation constitute a "crime against the Constitution."

According to PTI, the Congress President shared a media report on X (formerly Twitter) claiming that, for the first time, the government has capped spending under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) at 60 per cent of its annual allocation for the initial half of the financial year 2025-26.

In a Hindi post on X, Kharge stated, "The Modi government is trying to destroy MGNREGA, the lifeline of the poor. The Modi government has now fixed the limit of MGNREGA expenditure at 60 percent for the first six months of the year." He further contended that imposing cuts on MGNREGA, which guarantees the Right to Work under the Constitution, is a "crime against the Constitution."