Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday launched a scathing assault on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the difficulty of unemployment, saying the PM is handing over some thousand appointment letters when “tens of millions of youth seek for jobs”.
Kharge stated Modi got here to energy with a promise of two crore new jobs yearly, however overlook creating two crore new well-paying jobs, it took eight years for the BJP-led Centre to even consider filling 10 lakh current central authorities vacancies.
Prime Minister Modi is holding ‘Rozgar Melas’, handing out appointment letters, and has addressed the melas giving 75,000 letters in Delhi, 13,000 in Gujarat, and three,000 in Jammu and Kashmir, Kharge stated.
“Right this moment, when tens of millions of youth seek for jobs, PM is handing over some thousand appointment letters!” the Congress president stated in a collection of tweets.
Modi Ji got here to energy with a promise of two Cr new jobs yearly.
Overlook creating 2 Cr new well-paying jobs, it took 8 years for the @BJP4India Authorities to even consider filling 10L current Central Authorities vacancies.
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— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) November 5, 2022
Kharge stated rural India is dealing with the unprecedented problem of unemployment. The typical rural inemployment prior to now 6 years is 7.02 per cent in response to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Financial system (CMIE), he stated.
“Our youth is compelled to attend for years to get a authorities job. All that is due to lack of will and false guarantees by the BJP,” he stated.
Kharge claimed the state of affairs is so determined that for 40,000 posts beneath the Agnipath Scheme, the federal government acquired 35 lakh purposes.
Certified candidates in a queue take turns to pose for images with a cutout of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they obtain appointment letters throughout the launch ceremony of ‘Rozgar Mela’, a recruitment drive for 10 lakh personnel, in Baroda, Gujarat on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022. (Specific File)
“For just a few thousand posts in Uttar Pradesh, 37 lakh purposes have been acquired. Put up-graduates and PHDs are making use of for jobs nicely under their {qualifications},” he claimed.
Kharge stated lakhs of vacancies at present exist within the public sector, together with within the Armed Forces, Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), central authorities colleges, greater training establishments, well being establishments, PSUs, PSU Banks, police and courts.
Noting that armed forces and CAPFs are necessary pillars for the safety and security of our nation, Kharge stated at present there are greater than 2 lakh vacancies within the Armed Forces and CAPFs.
Nevertheless, the recruitment within the final two years has remained completely “dismal”, he added.
“We’re nonetheless coping with the disastrous results of the pandemic on our training system and the ensuing studying loss. Nevertheless, there are nonetheless 18,000 vacancies within the central authorities colleges,” he claimed.
“How does the federal government count on these colleges to impart training with such vacancies,” Kharge requested.
Greater training Establishments, together with IITs, IIMs, and Central Universities, have greater than 61,000 vacant educating and non-teaching posts, the Congress president stated, citing that in central universities and Delhi universities, 20,291 posts are vacant, 962 in IIT Bombay, 1,287 in Allahabad college and 1,804 in Aligarh Muslim College.
“The nation was devastated throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. We noticed all the things. Scarcity of docs, nurses, medical employees, medicines, and so on. Nevertheless, the federal government has nonetheless not learnt its lesson,” Kharge stated, including that 1,03,544 positions of key Anganwadi care-workers are vacant.
“The state of affairs of the nation’s foremost hospital and public medical analysis college is a living proof. At AIIMS Delhi, whole vacancies – 3,768. Whole recruitment since 2017 – 1,893 (merely 470 per 12 months),” he stated in one other tweet.
.@BJP4India claims to be working for the welfare of SCs, STs, OBCs and different backward communities.
As per Govt’s personal response in Parl, a big no. of backlog and unfilled vacancies nonetheless stay for SCs, STs and OBCs. What’s the Modi Govt’s plan for filling such vacancies?
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— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) November 5, 2022
The Congress president stated the BJP claims to be working for the welfare of SCs, STs, OBCs and different backward communities however in response to its personal response in Parliament, a lot of backlog and unfilled vacancies nonetheless stay for SCs, STs and OBCs.
“What’s the Modi Govt’s plan for filling such vacancies,” he requested.
The share of normal staff in Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) has constantly decreased within the final eight years, Kharge stated, citing that it has decreased from 14 lakh in 2011-12 to 9 Lakh in 2019-20.
However, the share of contract staff is rising, from 2.6 lakh in 2011-12 to five.16 lakh in 2019-20, he stated.
“Modi Sarkar has did not generate new employment alternatives for the youth! We don’t hear ‘Make in India’ ‘Talent India’ anymore! What occurred to those programmes & their slogans? The place are the 16 Cr jobs that you just promised? Why are you silent, Modi ji?” Kharge stated.
The Congress has been attacking the federal government over alleged lack of jobs for the youth and rising unemployment.