Criticising the Prime Minister for “forgetting to provide jobs to youths”, Rashtriya Lok Dal state chief Masood Ahmad said that Narendra Modi had conveniently forgotten the promise he had made to the youth of the country during the Lok Sabha polls in 2014.
Ahmad was reacting to the PM’s address to NCC cadets in New Delhi in which he only spoke about Citizenship (Amendment) ACT and Pakistan’s role in spreading terror in India.
“Modi was merely playing with words. He cleverly skipped the issue of growing unemployment in the country. He should have spoken on measures being taken to improve the economy which is under stress and on jobs which the youths of the country need the most at this time,” he said.
The RLD leader said that several lakh youth were laid off after the Union government demonetised high value currency notes.
“In 2014, Modi had promised two crore jobs for youths which he never provided. Now he is trying to woo the youths by speaking on issues related to Pakistan to hide the failures of his government,” he said.
Ahmad said the PM did not speak about the violence by masked persons on the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus some time back.
“Modi and other Bharatiya Janata Party leaders are used to propagating issues which suit their policies the best. The youth of the country are aware of these political gimmicks and they have got fed up of such speeches,” the RLD state chief said.