"Congress Corrupt, Has Turned 'Ram Bhakt' For Votes: JP Nadda

The BJP president said the Congress-led UPA government had given an affidavit in court, saying Ram is fictional and there is no scientific and historical basis of his existence.

BJP president JP Nadda on Wednesday attacked the Congress and said the party had once called Lord Ram a "fictional character", but was now seeking votes in his name.

The Congress is synonymous with "scams, embezzlement, loot and cheating", while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stands for development, empowerment of women, farmer welfare and protection of rights of deprived classes, said Mr Nadda.

He was addressing a rally in the Arang constituency of Raipur district on the last day of campaigning for the second and final phase of Chhattisgarh assembly elections on November 17.