Congress general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh East, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, on Sunday slammed the Yogi Adityanath government over unemployment issue.
The Congress leader took to Twitter to give the unemployment statistics of 2018 and 2019.
In 2018, a little over 21,39 lakh people were unemployed in UP but in 2019, there were 33,93 lakh registered unemployed in the state, she said.
Slamming the government, Priyanka tweeted in Hindi: “The government’s job is to provide job opportunities but the UP government is working every year to increase the rate of unemployment. In the Assembly, the minister had said that in the last two years, 12.5 lakh registered unemployed people have increased. Now look at BJP’s fake claims and see their reality. The youth is very worried.”
Earlier, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had launched a frontal attack on the Narendra Modi government over unemployment in the country and predicted that in six months from now, the prime minister would be unable to step out of his house as the youth would “beat him with sticks”. Addressing an election rally in Delhi, Rahul Gandhi had alleged that the youth were roaming on the streets and getting angry and restless due to lack of jobs.
He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would not be able to step out of his own home and face the youth of the country.