Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge stated on Sunday that the unemployment imposed by the BJP is the largest situation within the upcoming normal elections, claiming the youth are struggling to seek out jobs and the nation is watching a demographic nightmare.
Because the 2024 Lok Sabha elections left with barely weeks to kick off, the sequence of assaults began from each the nationwide events on one another. Following the sequence, the Congress president slammed the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP authorities and stated the speed of youth unemployment beneath the Modi authorities has tripled since 2014, he stated.
Kharge stated that Congress’s ‘Pehli Naukri Pakki’ assure beneath ‘Yuva Nyay’ would take away the obstacles that separate work and studying, thereby opening contemporary avenues for profession progress, he stated in a put up on X.
Referring to the case of India’s premier institutes, IITs and IIMs, Kharge stated throughout 12 IITs, round 30 per cent of our college students are usually not getting common placements. He stated solely 20 per cent of 21 IIMs may full the summer time placements to this point. If that is the scenario in IITs and IIMs, then one can think about how the BJP has destroyed the way forward for youth throughout the nation.
Additional, he stated that the ILO’s latest India Employment Report confirmed that every yr, India provides round 70 to 80 lakh youths to the labour pressure, however between 2012 and 2019, there was virtually zero progress in employment, simply 0.01 per cent, Kharge emphasised.
The Congress chief stated that the ‘Modi Ki Assure’ about offering 2 crore jobs reverberates as a foul dream within the hearts and minds of our Youth. Due to this fact, the Congress celebration has introduced in a ‘Pehli Naukri Pakki’ assure beneath ‘Yuva Nyay’, he added.
Any diploma or diploma holder beneath the age of 25, will now have a authorized proper to demand employment and shall be paid at the least Rs 1 lakh a yr, Kharge emphasised. This may take away the obstacles that separate work and studying, thereby opening contemporary avenues for profession progress, he added.