Amid USAID funding row, Congress accused BJP of "anti-national work" by spreading "fake news from America". "News about $21 million, on which the BJP and their bootlickers were jumping on, turned out to be fake. $21 million in 2022 was not for 'voter turnout' in India, but for Bangladesh," Jairam Ramesh said, adding BJP is procession of liars and illiterates.