The Congress leader’s comments followed a stampede-like situation near Mumbai airport where thousands of job seekers gathered for a few loader vacancies….reports Asian Lite News
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday for his claim of creating “eight crore new jobs,” urging him to “stop diverting attention” and create real opportunities for the youth. Her comments followed a stampede-like situation near Mumbai airport where thousands of job seekers gathered for a few loader vacancies.
The incident occurred on Tuesday morning and was eventually controlled, according to an official from Sahar police station. In a Hindi post on X, Priyanka Gandhi highlighted the contradiction between Modi’s job creation claims and the reality of unemployment, citing a similar incident in Gujarat where 15 lakh people applied for 25 vacancies, leading to chaos.
“This shows that the record has definitely been broken, but of extreme unemployment. The country is facing historic unemployment,” said Gandhi. She appealed to the prime minister to stop making empty promises and focus on providing genuine opportunities for the youth.
Gandhi’s remarks came after Modi recently claimed that eight crore new jobs were created in the past three to four years, silencing those spreading false narratives about unemployment. Citing a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) report, Modi asserted that his government prioritizes stability and growth, which has been welcomed by investors.
During an event launching infrastructure projects worth Rs 29,000 crore, Modi criticized opposition parties for spreading misinformation about job creation. In response, the Congress accused the government of manipulating statistics to falsely claim job creation, ignoring the quality and conditions of employment.
Recently, Priyanka Gandhi condemned the attack on a convoy of security officials in Manipur’s Jiribam on Sunday, in which one CRPF personnel was killed. She questioned when the central government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi would take action to resolve the ethnic conflict in the state.
“The violence that began on May 3 last year continues to this day. A state has completely disintegrated. When will the central government and the Prime Minister wake up from their sleep?” Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said in a post on X.
She also expressed her prayers for the speedy recovery of the three injured soldiers, saying, “The news of the killing of a soldier in the attack on the CRPF convoy in Manipur is extremely sad. May God grant peace to the departed soul. My deepest condolences to the bereaved family. I pray for the speedy recovery of the three injured soldiers.”
Congress leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Sachin Pilot, also paid tribute to the fallen soldier.
“I pay my heartfelt tribute to the fallen soldier in the cowardly attack on the CRPF convoy in Manipur. May God give place to the departed soul at his holy feet and provide a speedy recovery to the injured soldiers,” Pilot said in a post on X.
Earlier, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh “strongly condemned” the attack in Jiribam, which resulted in the death of one CRPF personnel on Sunday.
The Chief Minister also extended his condolences to the bereaved family and wished for the speedy recovery of the injured.
“I strongly condemn the killing of one CRPF personnel in an attack carried out by an armed group, suspected to be Kuki militants, in Jiribam district today,” Biren Singh said in a post on X.
“His supreme sacrifice in the line of duty shall not go in vain. I further extend my sincere condolences to the bereaved family of the deceased soldier, while praying for the speedy recovery of those injured during the attack,” he added.
A convoy of security officials was ambushed by insurgents in Manipur’s Jiribam district on Sunday. One CRPF personnel was killed and several others were injured.
Notably, the state of Manipur has been witnessing ethnic strife since May 2023.
PM CARES only for vanity, says Kharge
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre for its alleged failure to carry out vaccinations under the ‘Mission Indradhanush’ program and took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying “PM CARES only for vanity.”
Terming it a “cardinal sin,” the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha claimed that 16 lakh children were not provided key vaccines for diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (DTP) and measles shots in 2023.
He further alleged that around half of the applications for assistance to children who became orphans during the COVID pandemic were rejected by the PM CARES Fund, “without providing any reasons.”
Mission Indradhanush is a flagship routine immunization campaign led by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The scheme launched in 2014 plays a pivotal role in ensuring that routine immunization services reach children and pregnant women who might have previously missed or dropped out of the vaccination programs.
In a post on X, Kharge said that the central government is ‘wasting’ India’s strong foundation in immunisation laid by the Congress party.
“Modi Govt has committed a cardinal sin by not vaccinating lakhs of children. Neglect of immunisation means loss of precious lives. The gains of India’s strong foundation in immunisation laid by the Congress party have been shamelessly wasted by the Modi Govt, as 16 lakh children have not been provided the key vaccines for diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (DTP) and measles shots in 2023, eroding the advantages made in 2022,” the Congress leader posted on X.
“Not only this, the rank apathy and flagrant disdain for COVID orphan children exposed by media reports shows, nearly 50% of applications for assistance to such children were rejected by #PMCARES Fund, without providing any reasons! @narendramodi ji, how will we ensure ‘Viksit Bharat’ if our children aren’t taken care of? In reality PM CARES only for vanity!” he added.
India’s immunization programme, launched in 1985, is one of the largest health programmes of its kind in the world, catering to a birth cohort of 2.7 crore (27 million) children annually.
Mission Indradhanush (MI) was launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on December 25, 2014. The scheme aims to cover all those children who are either unvaccinated or are partially vaccinated against vaccine-preventable diseases.
India’s Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) provides free vaccines against 12 life-threatening diseases to 26 million children annually.
The Universal Immunization Programme provides life-saving vaccines to all children across the country free of cost to protect them against Tuberculosis, Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Polio, Hepatitis B, Pneumonia, and Meningitis due to Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), Measles, Rubella, Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and Rotavirus diarrhoea. (Rubella, JE and Rotavirus vaccine in select states and districts), according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. (ANI)
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