Aam Aadmi Party Punjab Chief Spokesperson and MLA Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led central government and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), accusing them of conspiring against poor, Dalits, and women MGNREGA workers through the newly introduced G-RAM-G Bill.

Addressing a press conference, Dhaliwal said, “By bringing this new bill in the name of reforms, BJP has snatched the last morsel from the mouths of the poor. This bill is nothing but an assault on the livelihood of crores of MGNREGA workers, especially Dalits and marginalised communities.”

Dhaliwal asserted that AAP strongly opposed the bill in the Punjab Assembly and would not hesitate to take the fight to the streets. “AAP is fully prepared to agitate. We will not allow this anti-poor bill to be implemented at any cost,” he declared.

Exposing SAD’s duplicity, Dhaliwal said the party’s absence during the Assembly discussion clearly showed its secret understanding with BJP. “When the Punjab Assembly passed a resolution rejecting BJP’s bill, SAD chose to remain absent. This absence is a clear signal of their behind-the-scenes deal with BJP,” he said.

He pointed out that two MLAs of Akali Dal had already quit the Badal faction, leaving only one SAD MLA, whose absence further exposed the party’s real stand. “SAD has silently supported this anti-poor and anti-Dalit bill,” Dhaliwal added.

Referring to earlier instances, Dhaliwal said SAD and SGPC’s silence over BJP’s controversial social media post on Guru Gobind Singh Ji and Sahibzadas also reflected their growing closeness. “This silence was not accidental, it was deliberate,” he said.

Dhaliwal warned that scrapping or weakening MGNREGA would push lakhs of families into unemployment, hitting women the hardest. “BJP talks of ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’, yet MGNREGA employs our mothers and sisters in large numbers. Taking away their work is an attack on women's independence,” he said.

Condemning SAD’s silence, Dhaliwal said, “By standing with BJP, SAD has openly declared itself against Punjab’s poor. Their politics has fallen to a disgraceful level.”