Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said the controversy over the renaming of MGNREGA to Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025 (VB-G RAM G) was unfortunate. "Concept of Gram Swaraj and the ideal of Ram Rajya were...the twin pillars of Gandhiji's consciousness," Tharoor said. "Replacing the Mahatma's name in a scheme for...rural poor ignores this...symbiosis," he added.