31 January,2019 07:50 PM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
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A National Sample Survey Office report which was leaked proves that unemployment was at the highest in 45 years at 6.1 per cent. Congress President Rahul Gandhi took a dig at Narendra Modi and wrote 'NoMo jobs'. He wrote that Narendra Modi had promised us for 2 crore jobs a year and five years later, his report card reveals a national disaster.
Congress also made a video about the absurd statements made by BJP leaders about job creation.
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They also made a graph to show the decrease in jobs during 2017-18.
BJP also came up with a befitting reply and said that EPFO's real data shows that there was a sharp increase in a number of jobs and told Rahul Gandhi, "Only a man who hasn't ever held a proper job & is totally jobless can peddle such #FakeNews!"
However, Twitterati and other Congressmen couldn't stop taunting Narendra Modi over the report, so much so that the hashtag #How'sthejosh is trending on Twitter.
The report states that post demonetisation, the employment rate was at an all-time low.
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