ANTCC Holds Public Assembly at Phoenix Bay Opposing Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act

Tarun Karthick

Sri Vijaya Puram, 29 December 2025

The Andaman & Nicobar Territorial Congress Committee (ANTCC) organised a public assembly at Ward No. 3, Phoenix Bay, on December 27, 2025, to oppose the just lately enacted Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025 (VB-G RAM G Act). The laws, handed by Parliament in mid-December, changed the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).

ANTCC leaders expressed issues over the implications of the brand new Act on rural employment and social welfare. According to the social gathering, MGNREGA had performed an essential function in offering employment assist to poor and marginalised sections, and its alternative has led to political debate in numerous components of the nation.

Senior social gathering figures who participated within the assembly included AICC Member Mr. Hamid Ali, ANTCC Treasurer Mr. Abdul Shabir, Mahila Congress President Mrs. Zubaida Begum, Youth Congress Vice-President Mr. M. A. Sajid, City Congress General Secretaries Mr. Raj Reddy, Mr. C. Ravi and Mr. Sadab Riaz, RGPRS Chairman Mr. O. Bashir, OBC Chairman Mr. R. Ok. Raj, Mahila Congress chief Ms. Sheela, and Seva Dal Joint Secretary Mr. Akshay Kumar, together with native residents.

Addressing the gathering, ANTCC President Mr. Rangalal Halder and different leaders criticised the central authorities’s determination to switch MGNREGA with the brand new rural employment framework. They reiterated the Congress social gathering’s place on the necessity to shield employment-related welfare measures and appealed to residents to precise their views by democratic means.

The public assembly was organised by City Congress President Mr. Mohd Zubair with the assist of native social gathering employees within the Phoenix Bay space.