“India will not be able to provide employment to the youth. This is obvious. It has never happened in 70 years that our country is unable to give jobs to the youth,” Rahul Gandhi said.
India will not be able to give jobs to its youth in the coming days, Rahul Gandhi predicted as the Congress leader attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policies at a virtual press conference today. Reminding journalists that “the media had made fun” of his prediction earlier this year on the coronavirus, Gandhi said the job crisis would hit home in the next six-seven months.
“India will not be able to provide employment to the youth. This is obvious. It has never happened in 70 years that our country is unable to give jobs to the youth,” Rahul Gandhi said.
“The media made fun of me when I warned the country that there will be heavy loss due to COVID-19. If you don’t believe me, don’t listen to me. Today I am saying that our country won’t be able to give jobs. If you don’t agree then wait for six-seven months,” the Gandhi scion added.
He said the reason for this was: “those who would provide jobs in the unorganized sector had been finished by the economy”.
“90% employment is in the unorganized sector. Small industries, farmers… PM Modi destroyed the system. You will see companies fall one after the other. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) will be destroyed after the moratorium period,” he said.
Earlier, attacking the center over CMIE report data suggesting nearly two crore salaried people lost jobs since April, Gandhi had said that the “truth about unemployment” cannot be hidden from the country.
“The future of 2 crore families is in the dark. The truth about unemployment and destruction of the economy cannot be hidden from the country by peddling fake news and hatred on Facebook,” Rahul had said, referring to the Wall Street Journal report, according to which, a top Facebook India official banned actions against the BJP politicians over hate posts.
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