Only 12.2 lakh formal jobs added in 5 years: Kharge lashes out at BJP

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday claimed that India under the Modi government has added only 122 lakh formal jobs in the past five years and said that for the survival of the poor and middle class the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP needs to be thrown out of powerMallikarjun Kharge charged that the BJP has miserably failed to provide employmentIndia under Modi Govt has added ONLY 122 Lakh Formal Jobs in past 5 years That means an average of JUST 24400 Jobs per year he said in a tweetIndia under Modi Govt has added ONLY 122 Lakh Formal Jobs in past 5 years That means an average of JUST 244000 Jobs per year We are not inventing this figure It is the Modi Govt which created this narrative that EPF Regular Contributors Creation of Formal Jobs Thehellip pictwittercomY0ueOT8vekmdash Mallikarjun Kharge kharge August 4 2023We are not inventing this figure It is the Modi government which created this narrative that EPF Regular Contributors Creation of Formal Jobs The EPF data corroborates this Kharge saidThe BJP promised two crore jobs per year which means 18 crore jobs could have been created in nine years the Congress president saidOur youth is staring at a dark future he claimedNo wonder there is anger and violence on the streets The BJP has miserably failed to provide Employment Unimaginable unemployment painful price rise and orchestrated hate foisted by BJP has resulted in this DISASTER of a situation he said in his long Twitter postFor the survival of our poor and middle class the BJP needs to be thrown out of power India has had enough Kharge saidThe Congress has been attacking the government over its handling of the economy and alleging that it has failed to generate employmentMeanwhile After days of disruption in Parliament over the Manipur issue the government and the Opposition on Thursday made attempts to break the deadlock and are discussing a middle path to find a solutionThe Parliament has witnessed 11 days of disruptions with the Opposition demanding a discussion on the Manipur violence with a statement from the prime minister in both housesWith the stalemate in Parliament over Manipur persisting Union ministers Piyush Goyal and Pralhad Joshi reached out to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and other Opposition leaders to break the logjam in the Rajya SabhaThe over halfanhour meeting between the opposition parties and the government however remained inconclusiveBoth the government and the Opposition are hopful of a resolution on the Manipur issue with a debate likely to take place in the Upper House next weekWith inputs from PTI