After tearing into Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Union Budget as “hollow” and failing to address unemployment levels in the country, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday targeted the Government again over the issue of unemployment, saying it has “failed miserably” to generate jobs for the youth of the country.
In a tweet posted this morning Rahul told Sitharaman “don’t’ be afraid of questions... asking on behalf of youth... replying is your responsibility”. The former Congress chief hit out at Sitharaman and the Centre for failing “miserably” to provide jobs.
“Finance Minister, don’t be scared of my questions. I am asking these questions on behalf of the youth of the country, to answer whom is your responsibility,” Rahul said in a tweet in Hindi. “The youth of the country want employment and your Government has failed miserably to provide them the same,” he said. The Congress leader used the hashtag “JawaabDoMantriJi” to put across his point.
Soon after the Budget was presented in Parliament, Rahul said there is nothing concrete in the Budget as the biggest problem in front of the country is unemployment and the Government has not addressed that.
“This is the mindset of the government -- all talk and nothing concrete. The biggest problem our youngsters are facing is unemployment and I didnRs t see any strategic idea as how they will get jobs,” Rahul told reporters in Parliament.