Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge mentioned on Sunday that the unemployment imposed by the BJP is the most important concern within the upcoming common 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 mentioned the speed of youth unemployment beneath the Modi authorities has tripled since 2014, he mentioned.

Kharge mentioned that Congress’s ‘Pehli Naukri Pakki’ assure beneath ‘Yuva Nyay’ would take away the boundaries that separate work and studying, thereby opening contemporary avenues for profession progress, he mentioned in a publish on X.

Referring to the case of India’s premier institutes, IITs and IIMs, Kharge mentioned throughout 12 IITs, round 30 per cent of our college students are usually not getting common placements. He mentioned solely 20 per cent of 21 IIMs might full the summer season placements to date. If that is the state of affairs in IITs and IIMs, then one can think about how the BJP has destroyed the way forward for youth throughout the nation.

Additional, he mentioned that the ILO’s current India Employment Report confirmed that every 12 months, India provides round 70 to 80 lakh youths to the labour drive, however between 2012 and 2019, there was virtually zero progress in employment, simply 0.01 per cent, Kharge emphasised.

The Congress chief mentioned that the ‘Modi Ki Assure’ about offering 2 crore jobs reverberates as a foul dream within the hearts and minds of our Youth. Subsequently, the Congress occasion 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 very least Rs 1 lakh a 12 months, Kharge emphasised. This is able to take away the boundaries that separate work and studying, thereby opening contemporary avenues for profession progress, he added.