New Delhi, Dec 16: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said unemployment and rising prices were behind the December 13 Parliament security breach.
Speaking to reporters after an election strategy meeting with leaders of the party’s Gujarat unit here, Gandhi said it’s the youngsters who are not getting jobs due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policies who breached Parliament security.
He said the breach was the eruption of an anger long simmering among the youth.
“The biggest issue in the country is that of unemployment, which is boiling all over the country. The country’s youth are not getting employment due to the policies of Modi ji,” he said.
BJP derided Gandhi saying he “always talks trash” and claimed that unemployment was at its lowest in the last six years.
“Rahul Gandhi never disappoints; always talks trash. For the record, unemployment in India is at 3.2%, the lowest in six years.
“Instead, Rahul Gandhi and I.N.D.I Alliance leaders must explain the close linkages of those involved in the Parliament breach with Congress, TMC, and CPI(M). Rahul Gandhi, in particular, must clarify his association with Asim Sarode, who was part of Bharat Jodo Yatra and has offered to provide legal aide to the intruders,” BJP IT in-charge Amit Malviya said in a post on X.
In another post, he highlighted Congress MP Dhiraj Sahu’s corruption with caption “Don’t ‘Donate for Dynasty.’” Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said the breach was a serious issue yet the Union Home Minister is not ready to give a statement on it in Parliament.
“The security breach is a serious issue and the government should pay attention to it. We are asking for the Home Minister’s statement in Parliament, but the Home Minister is not saying anything, neither is he giving a statement. He is speaking in TV shows, but not inside Parliament.
“This is not good for democracy. But there is no meaning of this to those people who do not believe in democracy,” Kharge told reporters.
In a major security breach on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament terror attack on Wednesday, two men jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery during Zero Hour, released yellow smoke from canisters and shouted slogans, before they were overpowered by the MPs.
“Where are the jobs? The youths are desperate. We have to focus on this issue and give jobs to the youth,” Gandhi also said in a Hindi post on X.
“There has definitely been a security lapse, but the reason behind it is the country’s biggest issue – unemployment,” Gandhi said.
Kharge when asked about Amit Shah accusing the Congress of politicising the issue, said, “Home Minister Shah talks about us to seek votes and abuses Nehru ji to seek votes. (PTI)
