Chennai, Dec. 21 -- Congress MP Karti Chidambaram ripped into the Centre's newly passed VB-G RAM G law, calling its name "a very bad alphabet soup" and warning that the revamped scheme will "negatively impact" the rural economy and slash the average citizen's income.

Speaking to ANI, Karti Chidambaram said, "They have come up with a bizarre name called the Viksit Bharat G RAM G. I don't even know the expansion of it. Neither do I understand its meaning. It's a very bad alphabet soup. That is what it is. And further, they have changed the entire architecture of this program. Previously, only 25% of the material component was paid by the states. The central government paid the wages for all the people... This will have a very negative effe...