Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday mounted a sharp attack on the Centre’s decision to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with the Viksit Bharat Guarantee Rojgar Ajeevika Mission (Rural) Act, calling the move a “second assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.” Addressing a public event in Bengaluru, the Congress leader demanded the immediate withdrawal of the new law and restoration of the employment guarantee scheme.