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The Congress is once again caught in a dilemma \u2013 neither can they let Sonia Gandhi down on one of her favourite bills, nor can they earn the anti-Ram tag<\/h2>\n
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Sonia Gandhi with Mallikarjun Kharge during a protest by opposition members at the Parliament House complex. (PTI)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Wearing a mask, Sonia Gandhi made it a point to be present at the Congress-led <\/a>opposition protest on the government passing the VB-G Gram G bill.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because the original bill, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGNREGA), which guaranteed \u2018rozgar\u2019 and a minimum wage for daily workers, was being reworked and passed.<\/p>\n

It was Sonia Gandhi\u2019s idea and desire to have a scheme like NREGA, and this was born out of the NAC, or the National Advisory Council, an important but non-government body of the UPA with Sonia Gandhi as its head. The NAC was often criticised for being the real power centre and pressure group on the Dr Manmohan Singh government.<\/p>\n

When the Modi government decided to bring in changes to Gandhi\u2019s bill<\/a>, it was expected that the Congress would be up in arms. But there were two hurdles in being the lead player in the protests.<\/p>\n

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