Unemployment Rate in Delhi, which is higher than the national average, exposes the Modi Government’s empty rhetoric of providing two crores jobs per year—Arvinder Singh Lovely

 

Due to sealing of shops and business establishments, the wrong implementation of GST and demonetization, job opportunities in Delhi shrinked for which the Delhi MPs and the Modi Government were solely responsible—Arvinder Singh Lovely.

 

NEW DELHI,—Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president Shri Arvinder Singh Lovely said that it was deeply disturbing that the latest unemployment rate in Delhi, which is higher than the national average, has exposed the Modi Government’s hollow promise of providing 2 crore jobs per year to the unemployed.

 

Shri Lovely said that it was shocking that the Unemployment Rate (UR) in Delhi, which was 5.1 per cent for men and 6 per cent for women, was higher than the national average of 4.4% for men and 3.3% for women, for which the BJP Government at the Centre was solely responsible. He said that by 2036, the city’s population was projected  to  reach 2.65 crore, creating more unemployed youth in the national Capital if the present trend of unemployment rate continues. He said that the BJP Government has failed to address the unemployment situation in the national Capital, other than making hollow promises.

 

Shri Lovely said that the seven BJP MPs from Delhi did nothing to generate job opportunities, as the small and medium businesses, which provided bulk of job opportunities to the youth, were forced out of business as the Modi Government, which coerced business houses to shell out funds through Electoral Bonds for the BJP without helping the businesses to grow, barring a chosen few industrial houses. He said that due to sealing of shops and business establishments, the wrong implementation of GST and demonetization, job opportunities in Delhi were terribly impacted for which the Delhi MPs and the Modi Government were solely responsible.

 

Shri Lovely said that the Congress Nyay Patra was drawn up after careful deliberations, and discussions with various stakeholders, to address the unemployment situation in the country, and providing relief to all categories of the people when  the party comes to power. He said that in the past ten years, the Modi Government  had fed the people  with promises, without giving them jobs.