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.