The Congress on Wednesday (November 4, 2026) slammed the BJP over reported cases of fake attendance within the VB-G RAM G scheme, asking how many more sins the BJP would commit in the name of Lord Ram.
After our side raised the issue, the government also issued a clarification. “Donations stolen in the name of Lord Ram, fake employment in the name of Lord Ram.
Congress general secretary and the former Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said, “Earlier, a major case of fake attendance under the VB-G RAM G scheme had come to light in Gorakhpur. “Cases of recording fake attendance through clone apps are repeatedly being exposed, which is an extremely serious matter,” Mr. Ramesh said. How much more sin does the BJP have left to commit in the name of Lord Ram?” he said, referring to the Ram temple donation theft case.
Invoking the name of Lord Ram, yet striking at the poor and looting their right to employment, Mr.
Last month, the Congress also slammed the BJP over reported attendance fraud within the VB-G RAM G scheme, saying that “attacking” the rights of the poor while invoking the name of Lord Shri Ram was its true modus operandi. “First, the theft of donations made in the name of Lord Shri Ram; then, an assault on the right to 100 days of employment under MGNREGA; and now, a scheme of state-sponsored plunder of the poor through fake attendance records in the VB-G RAM G programme!” he had said. Ramesh had said. “This is not merely corruption; it is a betrayal of faith and a theft of the poor’s rights – all in the name of devotion and employment,” he had said.
