“Unemployment is the most burning issue in the country,” Kharge said
Reportedly unemployment is the most burning issue in the country, congress president mallikarjun Kharge said on Sunday. In an apparent attack on the BJP-led Centre, Kharge said in a post on X in Hindi, ”The youth of the country are asking where are the two crore jobs per year? Why is the process between recruitment exams and securing a job so complicated?”
When citing the periodic labour force survey (PLFS) of July 2022-June 2023, he said, ”The unemployment rate for persons aged 15-?29 years is 10 per cent.” Quoting the PLFS data, the congress president said rural unemployment in the country in the age group of 15-19 years stood at 8.3 per cent in the July 2022-June 2023 period, while urban unemployment for the same category in this period was higher at 13.8 per cent. ”Why was the MSME sector destroyed, jobs of crores of youth were snatched away and their future ruined?” his post added.
Vice President jagdeep dhankhar has invited congress chief mallikarjun Kharge to his residence on december 25 (Monday) for an interaction on the issue of disruptions in parliament and the suspension of opposition MPs. The vice president said the disorder in the house was deliberate and part of a strategy. “I do not seek to embarrass you by indicating the predetermined role of the main opposition party in this communication, but will share with you when I have the benefit of interaction with you,” he said. On Friday, Kharge informed Dhankhar that the fundamental tenets of India’s parliamentary democracy were being jeopardized by the widespread suspension of MPs.
Kharge had expressed in his letter to Dhankhar his frustration and disheartenment at the suspension of so many MPs, as well as his grief and agony. The congress president was responding to an earlier letter by Dhankhar in which he had said rendering the house dysfunctional by making a demand to the Chair that cannot be acceded was unfortunate and against public interest.