Congress blames Modi government for failing to give work under MNREGA

AURANGABAD: The BJP-led Maharashtra government had failed to provide employement to the rural population under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employement Guarantee Act, district Congress chief Keshavrao Autade said here today.

Congress would hold a conference on the issue here on Tuesday, he said.

MLA Abdul Sattar said that a large number of farm workers were being driven to suicide in the drought-stricken Marathwada region because there was no work for them under MNREGA and they were facing starvation.