New Delhi: Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi on Monday targeted the Narendra Modi government over the issue of unemployment. Gandhi also blamed the previous Congress-led United progressive Alliance (UPA) governments for not being able to tackle the problem of unemployment.
Gandhi stated that so far no government has been able to provide answers to youth. "Even though we have grown, we've grown fast, growing slightly slower now but we are growing. A universal problem that we have faced is that we have not been able to tackle the problem of unemployment. Neither the UPA govt nor today's NDA government has given a clear-cut answer to the youth of this country about employment," the Congress Mp said.
The Congress leader praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for proposing the "Make In India" initiative. However, he lashed out at the Centre for not being able to generate employment from the initiative. "PM Narendra Modi tried and conceptually 'Make in India' was a good idea but it is clear that he failed," the Congress MP said.
"The Prime Minister proposed 'Make in India', a good initiative. We saw the statues, functions, and the so-called investors, and the result is right in front of me today. Manufacturing fell from 15.3 per cent of GDP in 2014 to 12.6 per cent of GDP today i.e. the lowest share of manufacturing in 60 years," he stated in the Lok Sabha.
He alleged that the Modi government failed to organise production and "handed it over to the Chinese". Gandhi claimed the reason China is sitting inside this country is because 'Make in India' has failed and India is refusing to produce. "I am worried that India is going to give up this revolution to the Chinese once again," he said.
Gandhi On President's Address:
While participating in a debate on the Motion of Thanks on the President's address, said the address of the President to the two Houses was similar to the one made last year, and claimed that it was the same "laundry list" of things the government has done.
