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AAP hits the streets against BJP’s VB-GRAM Act, warns of blow to rural jobs and livelihoods
Babushahi Bureau
Khanna (Ludhiana), December 31, 2025: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday staged a massive protest in Khanna against the Union Government’s newly enacted Viksit Bharat — Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025 (VB-G RAM G), which has replaced the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
Leading the protest, Punjab Cabinet Minister for Rural Development and Panchayats Tarunpreet Singh Sond marched alongside hundreds of labourers, condemning the new Act as a “black, draconian and anti-poor law” that would devastate villages and snatch livelihoods from the rural poor.
Addressing the gathering, Sond said the BJP-led central government has betrayed rural India by dismantling MGNREGA, a lifeline for lakhs of poor families. “VB-G RAM G will snatch bread from the mouths of the poorest households and push villages into distress. By denying work during peak agricultural seasons, the BJP has directly attacked the survival of rural workers,” he said.
The Minister warned that Scheduled Caste communities, women and landless labourers would be the worst affected by the new law. Calling it an assault on social justice, he asserted that AAP would not remain silent. “This is not development, it is destruction. AAP will take this fight to the streets of Delhi and ensure the voices of rural workers are heard,” Sond declared.
AAP Scheduled Caste Wing President Gurpreet Singh GP, who was also present, echoed the Minister’s views and said the party stands firmly with labourers across the country. He demanded an immediate rollback of the VB-G RAM G Act, terming it an attack on the constitutional rights of workers.
Reiterating AAP’s resolve, party leaders said the protest marks the beginning of a larger movement against what they described as the BJP government’s anti-worker policies targeting the poorest and most vulnerable sections of society.