‘What modified within the final six months’, BJP asks Mann as Punjab implements rural job scheme | India Information
4 min learnNew DelhiJul 2, 2026 02:26 AM IST
Terming it “the largest U-Flip” within the historical past of democratic governance, the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering on Wednesday took on the Aam Aadmi Social gathering authorities in Punjab following its resolution to lastly go forward with the implementation of the Centre’s VB-G RAM G employment assure scheme.
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, referring to the Bhagwant Mann authorities’s resolution to convene a particular session of the Vidhan Sabha to go a decision in opposition to the implementation of the scheme in Punjab in December final 12 months, alleged that change in stance has come amid the state’s “deteriorating” monetary situation and “mounting” debt.
“It’s the largest U-turn in democratic governance. On December 30, 2025, Bhagwant Mann ji’s authorities convened a particular session of the state Meeting. Throughout that session, they stated that the central scheme VB-G RAM G, which provided 125 days of employment, was anti-Dalit, anti-labourer, anti-farmer, and anti-woman, and demanded that this ‘black legislation’ must be rolled again,” he stated.
“Simply six months later, they executed a large U-turn, so drastic that they really applied the scheme, saying its rollout beginning July 1. Why did they do that? As a result of Punjab’s economic system is sinking…Within the 2026-27 budgetPunjab’s whole debt has skyrocketed to Rs 4.07 lakh crore…that is projected to extend to Rs 4.47 lakh crore,” he added.
Punjab’s debt-to-GSDP ratio, too, he stated, was round 46% in comparison with the nationwide common of 29%, and certain the second-highest within the nation.
“Why did they make this U-turn?…when there’s a helpful scheme that may assist the individuals of your individual state, why not undertake it?…This is a sign of Punjab’s governance fashion,” he stated.
“Why did you not perceive (that this scheme is sweet) six months in the past?…It seems to me that that is political opportunism,” he added.
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The Viksit Bharat — Assure for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act, 2025, got here into drive throughout the nation on Wednesday, with the Centre saying the legislation will present eligible rural households a statutory entitlement to 125 days of assured wage employment. The Centre additionally notified revised wage charges underneath the Act, with no notified each day wage being beneath Rs 300. In keeping with the ministry, the nationwide common notified wage has elevated from Rs 298.8 per day to Rs 327.4 per day, a median rise of over 10 per cent.
BJP nationwide spokesperson Prem Shukla stated that the NDA-led Centre was contributing Rs 750–800 crore in direction of the scheme and that the federal government of “guru dokhi Bhagwant Mann” had been “compelled to undertake it as a result of state’s deteriorating monetary situation and mounting debt.”
“With impact from July 1, 2026, the Bhagwant Mann authorities has determined to implement the central authorities’s Yojana. As of at this time, the Yojana has come into drive in Punjab,” Shukla stated, claimed that the Mann authorities had initially opposed the scheme on the directions from AAP nationwide convenor Arvind Kejriwal.
“What precisely modified in these six months {that a} scheme as soon as branded as anti-poor, anti-farmer and anti-Dalit is now being embraced by the Punjab authorities? It seems that the Mann authorities has develop into satisfied of its impending defeat within the upcoming Punjab Meeting elections. That’s the reason they’ve now began praising the central authorities’s scheme,” he added.
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Shukla alleged that Mann could intend to misuse the funds of the VB-G RAM G scheme by diverting them to another scheme. “However we are going to control it and be sure that Kejriwal and his ‘guru dokhi’ Mann authorities can’t misuse this scheme,” he added.
