TMC MPs Dola Sen, Sushmita Dev and Sagarika Ghose and other opposition members stage a dharna at the Parliament House complex, in New Delhi, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. Opposition leaders staged a 12-hour overnight protest dharna in the complex on Thursday night, while protesting against the passage of the VB-G RAM G bill that seeks to replace the MGNREGA rural employment programme.
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Opposition leaders staged a 12-hour overnight protest dharna in Parliament complex on Thursday (December 18, 2025) night, protesting against the passage of the VB-G RAM G bill that seeks to replace the MGNREGA rural employment programme, and said they would take to the streets across the country.
Both Houses of Parliament passed the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, replacing the 20-year-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), amid protests from Opposition.
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In the Lok Sabha, Opposition members stormed the well of the House, tore copies of the Bill, and raised slogans on Thursday. The Rajya Sabha, which began debating the Bill in the evening, passed it by a voice vote past midnight amid vociferous protests.
Parliament on Thursday (December 18, 2025) also passed the nuclear energy bill, with the Rajya Sabha giving its nod to the legislation seeking to open the tightly-controlled civil nuclear sector for private participation.
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