The State government under chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has snatched more jobs from youths of Uttarakhand than jobs provided to them in about last four years. The BJP had claimed during the last Vidhan Sabha election campaign that it will waive off the loans of farmers but so far, 17 farmers have committed suicide and no decision has been taken by the government yet.
The Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief Pritam Singh said this while addressing the gathering at a protest organised by the Youth Congress on Monday before rallying to the Vidhan Sabha. Talking about the Youth Congress demand to either provide jobs or leave office, former CM Harish Rawat said that the state government did nothing to provide new employment opportunities for the youth. In fact, it even shut down those opportunities which were initiated by the Congress during its term in Uttarakhand, claimed Rawat. According to him, Congress appointed 32,000 youths to government positions in a single year and created 12,000 new positions but the current government declared 9,000 positions dead after winning the election. He said that BJP has not initiated any new industry to provide employment opportunities in the State as all the existing industries were commenced by the Congress. He said that Congress had brought the unemployment growth rate down to two and a half percent in the State in 2017 but this rate has increased tremendously under the current government. Rawat asserted that Congress’ motive is social welfare and not just attaining political power in the State. According to him, the BJP government has been neglecting youths and farmers but Congress has always prioritised them and will continue to so in the future too.
The PCC chief Pritam also added that the current government has made the life of common man miserable due to unemployment and inflation in the State and the public will give its answer to this government in Vidhan Sabha elections 2022. Later, the Congress leaders and members rallied towards the Vidhan Sabha and were stopped by the police at the barrier before Rispana bridge. Some of the leaders were detained and later released by the police.
Tuesday, 22 December 2020 | PNS | Dehradun
