Chandigarh, January 4: Paramjit Singh Kainth , Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Scheduled Caste Morcha Punjab, questioned why the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is opposing the new "Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB—G RAM G) Act," which is a law in the interest of the laborers. The new act increases the rural employment guarantee from 100 days to 125 days. Kainth questioned why the Punjab government is opposing a law that provides laborers with 25 additional days of guaranteed livelihood. Under the existing Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) laws, work should be provided within 15 days of demand, or unemployment allowance should be given. Kainth alleged that the Punjab government has failed to provide either.

He claimed that mandatory social audits were skipped in 6,095 Gram Panchayats in 2024-25 and 7,389 Gram Panchayats in 2025-26, which, according to him, was done to conceal corruption.

Kainth cited 3,986 cases of corruption identified by the Special Audit Unit and recovery orders of ₹2.35 crore issued by the Lokpal, on which no action has been taken by the state.
Kainth accused the Aam Aadmi Party government of protecting officials involved in irregularities, scams, and corruption in various MNREGA schemes, including issuing fake job cards and payment receipts, and listing deceased or ineligible individuals as beneficiaries.
The BJP leader dismissed Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema's claim that the central government owes the state ₹23,446 crore. Kainth challenged Chief Minister Mann to release a white paper on the irregularities in MNREGA over the past three years and demanded that action be taken against the officials who deprived Scheduled Caste laborers of their legal rights under the Scheduled Castes Prevention of Atrocities Act. MNREGA is one of the most studied anti-poverty programs worldwide.

BJP leader Paramjit Kainth appealed to organizations fighting for the rights of MNREGA workers to pressure Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann to investigate the irregularities and scams of the past years, fight for the rights of those whose employment has been taken away, expose the anti-MNREGA face of the Aam Aadmi Party, and bring to light the multi-crore scams that occurred during the Congress party's rule. The party's decision to launch a public outreach campaign in the state from January 7th under its "Viksit Bharat - Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Rural) Act 2025 (VB-G RAM)" scheme was welcomed, and an appeal was made for cooperation in protecting the rights of the workers, stating that the false propaganda of the Aam Aadmi Party and Congress should be countered.