Congress will not allow rampant privatisation of PSUs: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he doesnt agree with rampant privatisation of government assets and that the party would not allow the privatisation of public sector units PSUs if and when voted to powerThe former AICC president interacting with around 1800 youth from all over Karnataka on unemployment as part of the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by him said his party upon coming to power would put in a strategy both at the national and Statelevels to ensure jobs for youngstersHe later tweeted attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of unemployment stating PMs priorities are clear Its not 2 crore jobs per year but PM ka PR amp PM ke 2 YaarI dont agree with the rampant privatisation of government assets and if we are in power we will not allow the rampant privatisation of public sector units Rahul Gandhi said during the interactionHe said public sector units give the weaker sections jobsPublic sector units that are given the right space and right environment to operate in that are given the freedom to operate properly do perfectly well he addedAICC general secretary incharge Communications Jairam Ramesh general secretary incharge of Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjewala State Congress president D K Shivakumar among others were present at the interactionStating that there has to be a strategy for job creation Rahul Gandhi said Jobs dont just get created like that we will put in a strategy both at the national and Statelevels which will ensure that millions of youngsters get jobsAt the first place jobs can come in by filling vacancies in the government sector and that is something his party is absolutely committed to he said so the first place from where the large number of jobs can come from is healthcare and the education sector The Congress government is going to spend much more money on public health and public education and these will be government jobsFurther noting that the largest number of private sector jobs in the country come from small and medium businesses and small traders the Member of Parliament said his party when in power would have a much more balanced policy and support small and medium businesses and give them access to finance from the banksWe will create special financial instruments to help young entrepreneurs build their own businesses and of course as Im speaking in Karnataka it goes without saying that we will also look at outsourcing and IT and connecting India with the rest of the world and creating more of those types of jobs here he addedRahul Gandhi asserted that a society that is not harmonious not at peace and that is violent cannot grow economically or give jobs to its youngsters and have a futureLater sharing an edited video of his interaction in a tweet he said Met immensely talented youth today Some were engineers some were MBAs but all educated jobless PMs priorities are clear Its not 2 crore jobs per year but PM ka PR amp PM ke 2 Yaar What youth need instead is a jobcreation strategy which will fulfil their aspirationsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever