The BJP-Shiv Sena government, which is currently facing accusations that the Other Backward Classes are being ignored socially and politically, has renamed a health scheme after an OBC icon Mahatma Jyotiba Phule.

In renaming the scheme as Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana, which was earlier known as Rajiv Gandhi Jivandayee Yojana, the government has invited heavy criticism from the Congress. The erstwhile ruling party has accused the government of “mental bankruptcy”.