New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi has thanked All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi after the latter mentioned the former and figures collated by him to highlight the situation of unemployment in the country during a public meeting.
Taking to Twitter Gandhi, in Hindi, wrote, “Unemployment is the most burning issue of the country today and the leaders of the whole country should draw the attention of the government to this issue. Unemployed youth should get justice, only then the country will become powerful. I am grateful that my questions raised on employment were mentioned by @asadowaisi ji in his speech.”
बेरोज़गारी आज देश का सबसे ज्वलंत मुद्दा है और पूरे देश के नेताओं को इस मुद्दे पर सरकार का ध्यान आकृष्ट कराना चाहिए। बेरोज़गार नौजवानों को न्याय मिलना चाहिए,तभी देश शक्तिशाली बनेगा।
मैं आभारी हूँ की रोजगार के ऊपर उठाए गए मेरे सवालों का @asadowaisi जी ने अपने भाषण में ज़िक्र किया। pic.twitter.com/MAqfTOtHKZ
— Varun Gandhi (@varungandhi80) June 13, 2022
The tweet carried a video excerpt from Owaisi’s speech delivered during a public meeting.
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Reading out the number of vacancies in various departments, both at the national level and in states, the Hyderabad MP can be seen telling the crowd that there are 60 lakh vacancies while, on the other hand, noting that the unemployment rate in the country is at its worst in the last three decades.
“In total, there are a total of 60 lakh vacancies in the country. These are not my numbers but data gathered by BJP MP Shri Varun Gandhi,” the AIMIM chief can be seen telling in the video, holding the Narendra Modi government responsible for such a scenario.
Despite being part of the ruling party, Varun Gandhi, representing the Philbit constituency in Uttar Pradesh, has lately been slamming the Modi government on a number of issues. He has been outspoken lately on the record-high unemployment levels in the country.
In his earlier tweet, Gandhi had put out a graphic which carried the details of the number of vacancies in various ministers and departments, which Owaisi referred to his in speech.
“These statistics are startling when unemployment is at its highest level in 3 decades. While crores of youth are frustrated and disappointed due to the non-availability of jobs, there are 60 lakh ‘sanctioned posts’ vacant in the country if ‘government figures’ are to be believed. Where did the budget that was allocated for these posts go? Every youth has the right to know this!” Gandhi had said.
जब बेरोजगारी 3 दशकों के सर्वोच्च स्तर पर है तब यह आँकड़े चौंकाने वाले हैं।
जहां भर्तियाँ न आने से करोड़ों युवा हताश व निराश है, वहीं ‘सरकारी आँकड़ों’ की ही मानें तो देश में 60 लाख ‘स्वीकृत पद’ खाली हैं।
कहाँ गया वो बजट जो इन पदों के लिए आवंटित था?
यह जानना हर नौजवान का हक है! pic.twitter.com/dxtn64IeRz
— Varun Gandhi (@varungandhi80) May 28, 2022
During the height of the farmers’ movement too, Gandhi lent his support to their demand for the three farm laws to be revoked, at a time when BJP leaders, including members of the government, had slammed the protests. He has been taking stance on people-centric issues which are not in line with the BJP’s official position.
Even in the run-up to the Uttar Pradesh election, the three-time MP was conspicuously absent from the BJP campaign.