Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said on Sunday that the unemployment imposed by the BJP is the biggest issue in the upcoming general elections, claiming the youth are struggling to find jobs and the country is staring at a demographic nightmare.

As the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections left with barely weeks to kick off, the series of attacks started from both the national parties on each other. Following the series, the Congress president slammed the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP government and said the rate of youth unemployment under the Modi government has tripled since 2014, he said.

Kharge said that Congress’s ‘Pehli Naukri Pakki’ guarantee under ‘Yuva Nyay’ would remove the barriers that separate work and learning, thereby opening fresh avenues for career growth, he said in a post on X.

Referring to the case of India’s premier institutes, IITs and IIMs, Kharge said across 12 IITs, around 30 per cent of our students are not getting regular placements. He said only 20 per cent of 21 IIMs could complete the summer placements so far. If this is the situation in IITs and IIMs, then one can imagine how the BJP has destroyed the future of youth across the country.

Further, he said that the ILO’s recent India Employment Report showed that each year, India adds around 70 to 80 lakh youths to the labour force, but between 2012 and 2019, there was almost zero growth in employment, just 0.01 per cent, Kharge emphasised.

The Congress chief said that the ‘Modi Ki Guarantee’ about providing 2 crore jobs reverberates as a bad dream in the hearts and minds of our Youth. Therefore, the Congress party has brought in a ‘Pehli Naukri Pakki’ guarantee under ‘Yuva Nyay’, he added.

Any diploma or degree holder below the age of 25, will now have a legal right to demand employment and shall be paid at least Rs 1 lakh a year, Kharge emphasised. This would remove the barriers that separate work and learning, thereby opening fresh avenues for career growth, he added.

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