Congress leaders in Bihar launched a 'MGNREGA Bachao Abhiyan' (Save MGNREGA Campaign) starting January 5, protesting the central government's new Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act. The party asserts that MGNREGA is a constitutional right to work for the rural poor, not merely a scheme. They vow to oppose any move to undermine this right, protect workers' dignity, and ensure timely wages, criticizing the new law as an attempt to replace a rights-based program with charity and remove Mahatma Gandhi's name from the initiative.