Congress may have made a slew of promises to woo young voters in Uttarakhand, including an allowance for unemployed youths to better its chances, but the number of those without work has nearly doubled in the state during the past five years of its rule.
According to latest official data, the number unemployed in 2015-16 has reached 9.38 lakh from 5.65 lakh five years ago.
A remarkable 2.3 lakh registered themselves as unemployed over a period of just one year in 2015-16.
A look at the data shows that on an average, there has been an increase of around one lakh unemployed youths in the state every year.