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Mid-speech slip: Rahul Gandhi momentarily forgets VB-G RAM Bill’s name mid-speech

New Delhi, January 22, 2026: (ANI): LoP Rahul Gandh momentarily forgot topic of discussion that was VB-G RAM Bill’s name mid speech. Son denies elderly parents entry to Mumbai homes upon their return ...
Indiatimes

'Issues with Ram's name': Anurag Thakur takes jibe at opposition over VB-GRAM-G row; predicts Congress' 'century of defeats'

NEW DELHI: BJP MP Anurag Thakur on Friday criticised the Congress for opposing the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgaar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025 (VB-G RAM-G), alleging that the party’s ...
The Hindu

Reaction comes in response to Union government changing the MGNREGA’s name to the VB-G RAM G bill

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee continued her criticism of the VB-G RAM G Bill on Monday (December 22, 2025) and said that the Centre is pushing the country towards its “end” by removing Mahatma Gandhi ...
The Telegraph

Omar Abdullah likens VB-G RAM G to Bollywood title, slams renaming of rural jobs law

Chief minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday appeared to mock the label VB-G RAM G, the government-specified acronym for the new rural employment law, saying it sounded like the title of an “old Bollywood ...
The Tribune

Why controversial VB-G RAM G Bill is more than a name change

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...
Deccan Herald

Why does Ram's name irritate Congress, asks MP CM on party's opposition to VB-G RAM G Bill

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi are yet to the visit the grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Yadav pointed out.
Outlookindia

Congress Mocks Modi Over 'Acute Acronym-itis' After VB-G RAM G Bill Passage

A day after Parliament passed the VB-G RAM G Bill replacing MGNREGA, the Congress took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Congress accused him of suffering from a "case of acute acronym-itis ...
ThePrint

Opposition must debate utility, provisions of VB-GRAMG. Look beyond the name

Although the NREGA was passed in 2005 and implemented in 2006, it was renamed the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act by the UPA government in 2009. Now that a new avatar of the ...
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VB-G Ram G bill passed after midnight debate; BJP-Congress clash over Gandhi name

In a late-night session, the Lok Sabha completed the discussion on the new VBG Ramji Bill, introduced by Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. The bill seeks to replace the 20-year-old MGNREGA Act and ...
The Telegraph

Row in Lok Sabha as VB-G Ram G Bill seeks to replace MGNREGA, drop Mahatma Gandhi name

The Narendra Modi government on Tuesday introduced in the Lok Sabha the contentious VB—G RAM G BILL that is to replace the flagship rural job programme MGNREGA amid a strong Opposition protest over ...
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Tharoor Slams VB-G RAM G Bill Over Dropping Gandhi’s Name

Shashi Tharoor opposed the VB-G RAM G Bill in Lok Sabha, criticising the removal of Mahatma Gandhi’s name and invoking a Bollywood lyric to mock the move. He said renaming and restructuring MGNREGA ...
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VB–G RAM G Bill 2025 | VB–G RAM G Breaking MNREGA's Name And Spirit?

A fierce face off in parliament as the opposition accused the government's VBGRAMG bill as an insult to Mahatma Gandhi in letter and a destruction of the MNREGA spirit. Serious questions over the bill ...