The Congress will launch a nationwide campaign against the repeal of MGNREGA scheme on January 5, similar to the pushback against the three farm laws which eventually forced the government to rollback its decision, party president Mallikarjun Kharge said, after a meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC).

The VB-G RAM G Bill, replacing the 20-year-old MGNREGA, was passed in Parliament during the recently concluded Winter Session of Parliament amid vociferous protests by the opposition. The new law has a provision for 125 days of wage employment for rural workers.