Forest Minister Kedar Kashyap, Food Minister Dayaldas Baghel, Skill Development Minister Guru Khushwant Saheb, MLAs Kiran Singh Deo, Sunil Soni, Purandar Mishra, Motilal Sahu, Anuj Sharma, Doman Lal Korsevada, Mayor Meenal Choubey, Chairman of the Chhattisgarh Yoga Commission Roop Narayan Sinha, Director of AIIMS Raipur Dr Ashok Jindal were present. Dy CM Sao inspects Sarona dump site RAIPUR MP Brijmohan Agarwal kicked off the Lok Sabha debate on the ‘Jee Ram Jee’ bill as the lead speaker, calling it the bedrock of a new era for rural India. In a fiery address, he described the legislation as a his toric first, designed to empower rural economies, foster self reliance, eliminate unemploy ment, and equip villages with irrigation, resources, roads, water, and electricity for all round development.

 

Agarwal contrasted it with MGNREGA’s 100-day job guar antee, noting the new bill prom ises 125 days of timely employ unemployment allowances, digital muster rolls, and durable asset creation ush ering in transparency, accountability, and progress in rural areas. Drawing on Mahatma Gandhi’s vision of Gram Swaraj and his invocation of ‘Ram Rajya’, Agarwal accused Congress of merely branding Gandhi without action. “Only PM Narendra Modi’s government is realising Gandhi’s dreams,” he asserted, linking the bill to divine will: Lord Ram’s temple rose after 500 years when willed; now, Ram desires developed villages alongside a Viksit Bharat. He decoded ‘Jee Ram Jee’ as Viksit Bharat Garanti Rojgar Aajeevika Mission, ensuring jus tice, jobs, and prosperity in the spirit of Ram Rajya.

 

Key features include 15 day job provision or unemployment dole, digital oversight to curb cor ruption, and states’ man dated contributions with 60% central funding. Slamming past Congress regimes for fake muster rolls, pit digging scams, and ‘work-for grain’ schemes that hurt farm ers like denying medicine for food, Agarwal quipped, “Rahul Gandhi prefers Haryana’s jalebis; should his salary be paid in sweets?” He praised Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for reforms and Modi’s initiatives PM Awas, Ujjwala gas, Ayushman Bharat, Jal Jeevan Mission, and rooftop solar.

 

The bill will build roads, power, water, panchayat schools, boost agriculture (60 farm days exempt), cut migration, and allo cate 1.5 lakh crore up from 30,000-40,000 crore earlier for self-reliant villages. “Infused with Sanatan Dharma and Hindutva, ‘Jee Ram Jee’ will deter corruption via Ram’s name,” Agarwal congratulated Modi and Chouhan adding that Chhattisgarh, will acceler ate growth as Lord Ram’s ‘nephew’s land’.