Opposition BJP and Congress on Thursday tried to corner the State Government in the Assembly over the growing unemployment in the State.
Both the parties targeted the Government saying that thousands of people are migrating to other States as the Government has failed to create job opportunities for the youths. Participating in an adjournment motion debate over the unemployment issue, Opposition Chief Whip Mohan Charan Majhi (BJP) said youths are running from pillar to post in search of jobs. The unemployment problem is a bigger pandemic than coronavirus, he opined. As many as 18 lakh young people are unemployed in the State, but the Government is hiring retired officers. Over one million migrants returned to the State.
But it is unknown whether the Government did the skill mapping of the returnees or created any job opportunities for them, said Majhi.
BJP MLA Mukesh Mahaling said skill development initiatives have collapsed in State while unemployment has doubled during the Covid time.