The Congress on Wednesday hit out at the BJP-led NDA Government at the Centre, on its third anniversary, accusing it of having failed on all fronts including job creation.
“The BJP Government has failed on all fronts. Their tall promise of creating two crore jobs annually too has fallen flat. Every month 10 lakh youth get added to the queue of the unemployed. India needs to create 34.35 crore jobs by 2028, that is 3-4 crore jobs every year. At current speed, the Government will take 1,560 years to create as many jobs,” Congress general secretary and former Union minister, CP Joshi said at a Press conference here where Haryana Congress president Ashok Tanwar was also present.
Joshi, who is also a party spokesperson, alleged that the BJP only believed in propaganda, politics of polarisation, false promises and misleading the public. Due to demonetisation, maximum impact has been seen on the informal sector he said asking the government to tell how many jobs have been lost in this sector.
Joshi said that Aadhaar has been made compulsory for the ‘mid day meal’ scheme which may deprive many children from getting these
meals. “The UGC budget has been cut by 55 per cent from Rs 9,315 crore in 2015-16 to Rs 4,286 crore in 2016-17. Autonomy of universities has been compromised. Gag orders, slew of bans and harassment of girls have stifled opinions and discussions in several institutes of higher learning,” he alleged.