Criticising the BJP-ruled Governments at Centre and the State for rampant unemployment, Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Pritam Singh said Uttarakhand is among the States with highest rate of unemployment in the country.
He said the BJP promised to give two crore jobs for the unemployed in the country and in the run up for the Assembly election of 2017 in Uttarakhand, the party had promised that if voted to power in the State then the Government of double engine would provide employment on a very large scale.
Singh added the situation now is that those who were employed earlier have now lost it as instead of providing this Government has snatched the employment.
“The youth in Uttarakhand are angry on the manner in which this government of overwhelming majority has treated the UPNL, NHM, 108 ambulance service and Panchayati Raj employees. They are waiting for right time to strike back,” he said.
The PCC president said the manner in which the unemployment is increasing presents a very sad and bad picture of the State.
He said even one leaves the high unemployment rate during the pandemic time, the Uttarakhand Government performed dismally in providing employment in the years 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Singh claimed that when the Congress handed over power to BJP in Uttarakhand the unemployment rate was 1.5 per cent which became double during the BJP regime.
He warned the unemployed would become depressed and directionless if not provided employment at the earliest. The PCC president expressed surprise on the State Government failing to start recruitment process to fill large number of vacancies in Fovernment.
He demanded that the Government should come out with some solid policy for employment generation.