New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday criticised the Centre for allegedly concealing information about the worsening job market and rising unemployment. The Congress president referred to data revealing that over 82 per cent of young people are seeking employment this year, while 55 per cent reported increased difficulty in finding a job last year.
“False claims, falsification of data and covering up the truth of declining jobs have become a habit of the Modi government,” he said in a post on X.
झूठे दावों, आंकड़ों के फर्ज़ीवाड़े और घटती नौकरियों की सच्चाई पर पर्दा डालना मोदी सरकार की आदत बन चुकी है।
🔽82% युवा इस साल नौकरी की तलाश में, 55% बोले पिछले साल नौकरी ढूंढ़ना हुआ कठिन।
🔽37% का कहना है कि उन्होंने 2025 में नई नौकरी तलाशने की उम्मीद ही छोड़ दी है।
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— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) January 17, 2025
He also presented additional data to strengthen his argument:
- 82 per cent of youth are seeking employment this year, with 55 per cent noting that finding a job became more difficult last year.
- 37 per cent have lost hope of securing a new job in 2025.
- A separate survey found that 69 per cent of Indian HR professionals believe it has become harder to find qualified candidates for roles.
‘Modi govt misleading crores of youth’
“Without conducting a census, by estimating and extrapolating old surveys using government data, the Modi government is misleading crores of youth in the name of generating employment. By converting unpaid labour into jobs and counting even one-hour work per week as jobs, it is deceiving the country,” he said.
“The Modi Government has duped the youth with lies like paper leaks by the Mafia Raj, stampede for a few jobs, snatching jobs by shutting down MSME through evil policies like demonetisation and wrong GST, usurping the right to reservation, keeping government job posts vacant for years and promising two crore jobs annually,” he added.
The Congress has been sharply criticising the government over its unemployment record, particularly questioning the Centre’s commitment to creating two crore jobs every year for the country’s youth.
