Govt doesn’t want to accept there is job crisis: Rahul

new delhi — Firing a fresh salvo at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that the government “did not want to accept” that there was a “job crisis” in the country, and said the PM should hold discussions with the youth to address the issue.

During an interaction — Shiksha: Dasha Aur Disha — with university students at the JLN Stadium here, he also alleged that the country’s wealth is “concentrated” in the hands of “a few people”.

The Congress chief asserted that the state must pay for a large part of education of students.

There was no immediate reaction from the government.

China is growing economically, and one sees ‘Made in China’ labels on so many products in the country, Rahul said, adding that he was “absolutely convinced” that India could go ahead of China.

He reiterated the per hour job figures to attack the prime minister on the issue.

“In a county of over 1.2 billion people, and India is creating about 450 jobs per 24 hours while China is creating 50,000 jobs in the same 24 hours,” he said, claiming, “these are not my figures, but of the Finance Ministry given in Lok Sabha”.

“Our prime minister doesn’t seem to think this is a problem,” Rahul alleged. “We need to first acknowledge that there is a problem, and then we need to galvanise support to fight it. That is what we (Congress) believe in,” he said. —