Congress president Rahul Gandhi, on 12 June, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not stick to his promised of providing jobs to two crore youth in a year.
Addressing a Congress workers' rally in Mumbai, Gandhi also targeted the Modi government on a range of issues, as he tried to enthuse the party's booth-level workers ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
The Congress leader observed that China has been providing jobs to 50,000 youth per 24 hours. "However, the BJP-led government gives jobs to 450 youth in the same span," he said.
(Modi had said) the prime minister will give jobs to 2 crore youth in a year. And in the Lok Sabha, his minister said unemployment is the highest in last eight years in India.Rahul Gandhi
"The BJP-led government wrote off Rs 2.5 lakh crore loans of India's richest 15-20 people but a similar demand by farmers to waive their debt was ignored," he said.
"(Union finance minister Arun) Jaitley ji says it is not their policy to waive loans taken by farmers," Gandhi said.
On the government's 'Make in India' initiative, the Congress president said it is the farmers who ensured 'Make in India' happens through their blood and sweat.
"Farmers will compete with China if you strengthen them a little bit," he said.
‘The Heart and Soul of the Congress Are Its Grassroot Workers’
Congress President Rahul Gandhi, who is on a two-day visit to Maharashtra, on Tuesday, 12 June, tweeted that the Congress workers were the “foot soldiers” of the party, ahead of his interaction with them in Mumbai.
Gandhi was welcomed by state Congress leaders on upon his arrival in Mumbai.
Earlier, a Bhiwandi court in Thane, on 10 June, framed charges against Congress president Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case filed by Rajesh Kunte of Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh (RSS). The court will hear the case next on 10 August.
The charges have reportedly been filed under Section 499 and Section 500 (Punishment for defamation) of the Indian Penal Code. Gandhi, however, pleaded not guilty before the court, reported ANI.
Speaking to the reporters outside the court, Gandhi said that his fight against the government was for the farmers and the employment of the country’s youth.
Our fight is against the policies of the prime minister. Farmers are frustrated and the prime minister does not talk about employment for youth. This government is only for the rich. Let them (the BJP and the RSS) slap as many cases as they want against me. Ours is a fight of ideology. We will fight them and win.Rahul Gandhi, Congress President
(With inputs from PTI.)
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