Several Union Ministers on Tuesday took a dig at the Congress vice-president for his remark that the Centre was a “complete failure” on the job creation front, saying it was indicative of his “disappointment and frustration” at not having a job and suggested that Rahul Gandhi join a Government-run skill centre to get employment.
Rahul had attacked the Modi Government after it listed its achievements in the President’s Address.
Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu told reporters outside Parliament, “If he (Rahul Gandhi) did not get employment what can we doIJ His party is failing at every stage. He is not in a position to stand on his own feet. Such an old party and it had to sit on the carrier of a cycle in Uttar Pradesh. That is why due to his disappointment and frustration, he might have interpreted it like this.”
Rahul, who is actively campaigning in the election-bound States, said, “The Government has failed in this matter. The Government is a complete failure on the job creation front. That's my main point.”
“The main question in India today is creation of jobs for young people. It is a big issue today to provide jobs for the youth in India,” Rahul said outside Parliament after President Pranab Mukherjee's customary address on the first day of the Budget Session of Parliament.
Reacting to Rahul’s remark, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy said, “If he (Rahul) wants to understand employment and where to get it, it would be better that he comes to the Prime Minister Kaushal Kendras that we are establishing.”
“He can come and get admission there. He would be able to see then, how and where employment is generated and he himself will benefit from it,” he added.
MoS in the Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh said that except for the Congress vice president, the entire population of the country thinks that jobs are being created.
“Except for him (Rahul), the entire 125 crore people of the country think otherwise,” he said.
Union Minister Kalraj Mishra said, “All the data is clear. Taking just our Ministry, I can say through KVIC, 6 lakh jobs have been created. 20 lakh job creation is expected in the next one year. He has to see the job creation that is happening. Youths doing just Government jobs, it just not that anymore.”