Speaking of unemployment Rahul Gandhi said that PM Modi had promised of providing 2 crore jobs every year but still the problem of unemployment remains a major one
Ballari: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi while addressing a rally in Ballari on October 15, said that the ideology of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is breaking India. He also stated that this was the reason for naming his padh yatra as ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra.’
Addressing the rally he said, “We named this yatra as ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ because thousands of people feel that the ideology of BJP/RSS is breaking the country.”
Speaking of unemployment he said that PM Modi had promised of providing 2 crore jobs every year but still the problem of unemployment remains a major one. “Today, India has the highest unemployment ever in 45 years. PM had said that he would provide employment to 2 crore youth every year. Where did those jobs go? Instead, crores of youth have become unemployed,” he said.
Questioning the government vacancies he said, “Why are 2.5 lakh govt posts vacant in Karnataka?… If you want to be Police Sub-Inspector you can be one by paying Rs 80 lakhs. If you have money, you can buy a government job in Karnataka. If you don’t have money, you can stay unemployed all your life.”
The Bharat Jodo Yatra was launched on September 7, from Kanyakumari. The yatra is been seen as a strategy of Congress to win the 2024 Lok Sabha Polls.
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As Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra entered Andhra Pradesh, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MP Vijayasai Reddy V hit out at the grand old party stating that Congress’ agenda is opposite of ‘jodo’ (uniting) as it had ‘todo’ (bifurcated) the state eight years ago.
Taking to Twitter, Vijayasai Reddy wrote, “As the #BharatJodoYatra enters Andhra, the people remind @RahulGandhi that Congress has quite the opposite of ‘jodo’, has ‘todo’ the State of AP 8 years back. There is nothing left of the Congress now in AP.” Reacting to Reddy’s allegation, Jairam Ramesh said that the TRS president and present Chief Minister of Telangana K Chandrashekar Rao himself wrote to the then Congress-led Central government asking for bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
Jairam Ramesh tweeted, “Your party president wrote a letter I think in March 2011 to then Union Home Minister SUPPORTING bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. I am in Ballari now and dont have ready access to it. It is in my book. Shall I say more?”
“Sorry, Vijaysai-garu, @VSReddy_MP. It was a letter sent in Dec 2012 by one of your senior colleagues on behalf of YSRCP, obviously approved by Jagan-garu. Here is that letter, as shared by many on Twitter. Remember it?,” the Congress leader added in another tweet.
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