Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday called on party workers and leaders to gear up for Lok Sabha polls and strengthen the party up to the booth level so that Bharatiya Janata Party would be easily defeated.
The former Chief Minister of UP also cited a report that says the country’s unemployment rate was at a 45-year-high in 2017-18, and said the jobless youths would throw out the Narendra Modi government in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
Akhilesh Yadav claimed that the BJP, which presented fake data on providing employment, stood exposed.
In the last 25 years, the rate of unemployment was highest in 2017-18, Akhilesh said in a tweet with the hashtag ‘HowsTheJobs’, a twist on “How’s The Josh”, a popular line from the film “Uri: The Surgical Strike”.
Now these unemployed youths would defeat the BJP in the next polls, he added.
The SP chief also shared a media report which published the findings of the National Sample Survey Office’s periodic labour force survey (PLFS).
In a statement issued here, the SP president further alleged that the BJP was a party of “conspirators” and an “expert” in communalising atmosphere.
“It is the responsibility of all the SP workers to make the people aware of the BJP’s conspiracies and expose them. The BJP has ruined the country,” he said.
“While farmers are suffering... GST and demonetisation have adversely affected traders and youths who could not get jobs,” he added.
He asked the party workers to remain active on booths and ensure the BJP’s defeat in the Lok Sabha polls.
He also cautioned the SP workers against BJP’s evil designs as they could go ahead and divide society on caste and religion lines to win elections.