Congress MP Rahul Gandhi served a home truth in Parliament Monday, declaring neither his party-led UPA nor Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, which has ruled the country for the past decade, had been able to solve the unemployment problem.
But, in a surprise twist, Mr Gandhi’s speech in the Lok Sabha this afternoon, far from containing only harsh attacks on the Prime Minister and his party, also included a measure of praise; he underlined the need for India to step up its manufacturing game but acknowledged Mr Modi had “tried to increase (this)” and that his flagship ‘Make in India’ initiative was “good, as a concept”.
“Even though we have grown (and) grown fast… a universal problem we have faced is that we have not been able to tackle the problem of unemployment. Neither the UPA nor today’s NDA government has given a clear-cut answer to the youth of this country about employment.”
“Excellent companies had tried to increase production but failed,” Mr Gandhi said, “… but now we have handed over production to China…”
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