Chandigarh: Indian Youth Congress (IYC) organized ‘Berojgari Melas’ across the country to observe PM Modi’s birthday as ‘unemployment day’. They were holding placards, wearing black shirts and raised slogans.
IYC National President Srinivas BV said, since BJP government came to power, it brought the “gift of unemployment” for the youth of the country. He said, country has a large population of youth of which 60% are unemployed. “This is a very scary situation.” He alleged that under BJP government, country is facing an “economic slowdown” and the youth is “disappointed”.
He alleged, “PM Modi had promised to provide 2 crore jobs every year to the youth of the country.
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According to that, 16 crore youth should have been employed by now. The PM is least bothered about the employment of the youth. He is concerned about the employment of Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah.” IYC urged the Prime Minister to pay attention to the unemployed youth and provide them with jobs. At a press conference, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said, the birthdays of Indian Prime Ministers have always been celebrated as special days. “Given his love for children, Nehru Ji’s birthday is marked as Children’s Day, Indira Ji’s birthday is celebrated as Communal Harmony Day and Rajiv Gandhi Ji’s birthday is celebrated as ‘Sadbhavna Diwas’. Ms Shrinate said, “In fact, even Atal Ji’s birthday in December is celebrated as Good Governance Day, which is why it worries and pains me that Mr. Modi’s birthday is being celebrated by the youth of this country as National Unemployment Day.”
She said, it is a huge cause of concern that despite India being the youngest country in the world, 60 per cent of the country’s working-age population is either unemployed or not looking for work. “In fact, in the 20-24 age group, 42 per cent of the youth are unemployed. If this is not a worrying situation, I wonder what is. And the prime minister can neither hide behind Covid, nor the Russia-Ukraine war because unemployment peaked at a 45-year high even before the first case of Covid was reported. Congress leader said, “The latest unemployment rate of 8.3 per cent is a hugely worrying thing for our economy and population.” Referring to the Agnipath military recruitment scheme, she asked why the PM Modi had come up with the “conspiracy” to employ the youth only for four years and then retire them at the young age of 23.
Ms Shrinate said, “PM Modi Ji, on your 72nd birthday, I wish you good luck and great health once again. But I am pained to see that the youths of the country are celebrating your birthday as National Unemployment Day.” Web Desk
