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flag West Bengal renames its job scheme to honor Gandhi amid national policy dispute.

flag West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on December 18, 2025, that the state’s Karmashree job guarantee scheme will be renamed to honor Mahatma Gandhi, responding to the central government’s passage of a new rural employment bill that removed Gandhi’s name from the national MGNREGA program. flag The move, framed as a symbolic effort to uphold national heritage, underscores political tensions over the legacy of historical figures in public policy, though specific details on the new name, implementation, or funding were not provided.

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