A senior Congress leader criticized the central government for rebranding the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) as the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Grameen). The leader described the omission of Mahatma Gandhi's name as unfortunate and a deliberate attempt to distance the program from its original values and rewrite history. He argued that MGNREGA symbolizes dignity of labor and social security, and its rebranding reflects a shift away from core principles of rural upliftment.