The CPI(M) Polit Bureau on Sunday condemned the “unsubstantiated and baseless" allegations levelled by BJP on former Vice President Hamid Ansari.
“The Polit Bureau strongly condemned the unsubstantiated and baseless allegations levelled by the ruling BJP on Hamid Ansari, former Vice President of India.
Ansari is a globally respected diplomat, and scholar and served with distinction in every responsibility given to him by the Union government with an unimpeachable track record of patriotism.
“Targeting Ansari because of his identity and steadfast commitment to the Indian Constitution and to the secular democratic Republic is unacceptable,” said CPI(M) in a statement.
The polit bureau in its communiqué also blamed the Centre for collapsing economy and an increase in unemployment.
World Bank data shows that the annual growth of the Indian economy over 2020-22 was a mere 0.8 percent and unemployment is at a staggering rate of 42 percent, said the party.
“According to the CMIE Report for the January-April 2022, the number of unemployed in the age group of 20-24 years was over 2 crore – a staggering unemployment rate of 42 percent. In the 25-29 age group, this was over sixty lac - an unemployment rate of 12.72 percent.
Together unemployment in 20-29 age group is nearly 80 percent of the over 3 crore unemployed Indians above 15 years who are actively looking for jobs.
“India’s working age population is 36 percent of the total. Of these 61.2 percent have simply stopped looking for employment as there are no jobs. The Labour Participation Rate has dropped to an all-time low of 38.8 per cent,” said CPI(M).