{
  "id": 18084281,
  "title": "'How many sins will BJP commit in Ram's name?': Congress flags VB-G RAM G 'fake attendance' cases",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/how-many-sins-will-bjp-commit-in-rams-name-congress-flags-vb-g-ram-g",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T07:05:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/how-many-sins-will-bjp-commit-in-rams-name-congress-flags-vb-g-ram-g-fake-attendance-cases/article71664437.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Congress party has criticized the BJP over reports of fake attendance within the VB-G RAM G scheme, questioning how many more \"sins\" the BJP would commit in the name of Lord Ram. Jairam Ramesh, a Congress general secretary and former Rural Development Minister, stated that a similar case of fake attendance under the VB-G RAM G scheme had emerged in Sant Kabir Nagar district. The Congress highlighted that numerous cases of fake attendance through clone apps have been exposed, which is a \"very serious matter.\" Ramesh accused the BJP of stealing donations under the name of Lord Ram and reducing employment guarantee to a mere \"limbo\" as VB-G RAM G was marketed as an expansion of MGNREGA. He emphasized that the scheme has undermined employment rights, comparing it to the theft of donations and the erosion of the 100 days of guaranteed employment under MGNREGA. Ramesh further accused the BJP of perpetuating \"vote chori sarkaar\" by exploiting the poor through fake attendance records in the VB-G RAM G programme, a development he described as a betrayal of faith and a theft of the poor's rights, all in the name of devotion and employment.",
  "summary": "Congress had slammed BJP over reported attendance fraud within 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",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}