Congress Accuses Modi Government of Failing to Implement PM-DAKSH Scheme

The main opposition party questioned whether the BJP was taking revenge on Scheduled Castes (SCs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs), Economically Weaker Sections (EWS), and Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes after being reduced to 240 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Congress alleged that the Modi government had failed to implement the PM-DAKSH scheme, which was launched to provide skill training and employment opportunities to disadvantaged communities. According to the party, the programme has remained confined to official documents instead of delivering the intended benefits.

Jairam Ramesh, Congress's in-charge of the party's communications department, said on Wednesday that the scheme had not been implemented for two years and that funds allocated in previous years had not been spent. He described the situation as another failure of the Modi government.

Ramesh said the government's work had been reduced to placing advertisements, remaining in the headlines and failing to deliver results. He argued that a scheme intended to equip disadvantaged sections with skills, training and employment opportunities had effectively been confined to paper.

In a social media post, the Congress leader said, “A government that cannot even efficiently implement the PM-DAKSH scheme bearing the Prime Minister's name has no moral right to remain in power.”

नाम बड़े और दर्शन छोटे! योजना पीएम के नाम पर, लेकिन ज़मीन पर काम उनके दावों की तरह बड़ा शून्य है। मोदी सरकार का सिर्फ़ एक ही काम है - बड़े-बड़े विज्ञापन, हेडलाइन मैनेजमेंट और ज़ीरो डिलीवरी। दो साल से पीएम-दक्ष योजना लागू नहीं होने और बीते वर्षों का आवंटित बजट खर्च नहीं होने से मोदी सरकार की एक और बड़ी विफलता सामने आई है। जिस योजना का मक़सद वंचित वर्गों को कौशल, प्रशिक्षण और रोज़गार के अवसर देना था, उसे मोदी सरकार ने केवल कागज़ों तक समेट दिया है। जो सरकार पीएम के नाम वाली दक्ष योजना को, जिसे बड़े-बड़े दावों के साथ शुरू किया गया था, भी ‘दक्षता’ से लागू नहीं कर सकती, उस सरकार को सत्ता में रहने का कोई नैतिक अधिकार नहीं है। मोदी जी, देश की जनता की नज़रों में आपकी सरकार विश्वास खो चुकी है। सरकार की एक्सपायरी नज़दीक है। झोला उठाने का समय आ गया है। आखिर कब तक मोदी सरकार जेन-ज़ी के भविष्य के साथ खिलवाड़ करती रहेगी? क्या मोदी सरकार देश के अनुसूचित जाति, अन्य पिछड़ा वर्ग, आर्थिक रूप से पिछड़े वर्ग और विमुक्त, घुमंतू एवं अर्ध-घुमंतू जनजातियों से 2024 के चुनावों में 240 सीटों पर सिमट जाने का बदला ले रही है?

— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) October 21, 2026

Taking aim at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Ramesh further claimed that the government had lost public confidence and said its “expiry is near”.

He also questioned how long the Modi government would continue to jeopardise the future of Generation Z.

Ramesh reiterated the question of whether the BJP was seeking to retaliate against Scheduled Castes, Other Backward Classes, economically disadvantaged sections, and Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes for the party's reduced tally of 240 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

The Congress's allegations have placed the implementation of the PM-DAKSH scheme, the utilisation of allocated funds and the delivery of skill-training and employment opportunities to disadvantaged communities at the centre of its criticism of the Union government.