Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "hiding his failures" by criticizing the Congress in poll-bound states. Kharge claimed that people in rural India are forced to search for work under MGNREGA due to reducing incomes and rising inflation. He accused the prime minister of taking away the rights of the poor and cutting the MGNREGA budget by 33 percent. The Congress has been attacking the Modi government over rising inflation and the handling of the economy.
