Congress opposing G RAM G as it has Lord Ram’s name: Rajasthan BJP chief

Rajasthan BJP president Madan Rathore on Tuesday targeted the Congress for opposing the ‘Viksit Bharat-Guarantee Rozgar Aur Aajeevika Mission Act’ (VB-G RAM G Act), claiming that the party has an objection to the name of Lord Ram.

Speaking to reporters at the party office, Rathore said the Congress was raising unnecessary controversy over the nomenclature of the employment and livelihood mission. “The Congress has a problem with the name Ram,” he alleged.

Rathore said there should be no objection if the BJP Government has enacted a new law by linking employment and livelihood schemes with the vision of a ‘Viksit Bharat’. He accused the Congress of repeatedly renaming welfare schemes in the past to please members of a single family.

Citing examples, Rathore said the National Rural Employment Programme was renamed as the Jawahar Rozgar Yojana during former PM Rajiv Gandhi’s tenure and later rechristened as NREGA and MGNREGA under the Manmohan Singh Government.