'How's the jobs', Rahul Gandhi asks PM Modi over 'leaked' report on unemployment data

Congress President Rahul Gandhi came out all guns blazing against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday over a report which claimed the unemployment rate in the country is highest in 45 years.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi. (PTI)

NEW DELHI: Congress President Rahul Gandhi came out all guns blazing against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday over a report which claimed the unemployment rate in the country is highest in 45 years. Targetting the Prime Mininister, Gandhi said Modi promised two crore jobs, but five years later a "leaked job creation report card" has revealed a "national disaster". The Congress chief, in a tweet, also asserted that it was time for the prime minister to go. "The Fuhrer promised us 2 crore jobs a year. 5 years later, his leaked job-creation report card reveals a national disaster. Unemployment is at its highest in 45 years; 6.5 crore youth are jobless in 2017-18 alone. Time for NoMo2Go (Modi to go)," tweeted Gandhi. He also made fun of Modi's "Hows the Josh" slogan with "Hows the Jobs". Congress' media in-charge spokesperson Randeep Surjewala also alleged that the unemployment rate is at a 45-year high and said this was the reason why the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) report on jobs was withheld. This is why the members of National Statistical Commission resigned, he claimed. "Unemployment rate is at a 45-year-high. This is why the NSSO Report was kept under the wraps. "This is why members of NSC (National Statistical Commission) resigned. Promise of two crore jobs turned out to be a cruel joke! "India does not want a government that has left the future of our youth in jeopardy," said Surjewala.

NoMo Jobs!

The Fuhrer promised us 2 Cr jobs a year. 5 years later, his leaked job creation report card reveals a National Disaster. Unemployment is at its highest in 45 yrs. 6.5 Cr youth are jobless in 2017-18 alone. Time for NoMo2Go. #HowsTheJobs pic.twitter.com/nbX4iYmsiZ — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) January 31, 2019

Modiji,

Unemployment rate is at a 45-year high. This is why the NSSO Report was kept under the wraps. This is why members of NSC resigned. Promise of 2Cr Jobs turned out to be a cruel joke! India does not want a Govt that has left the future of our youth in jeopardy. pic.twitter.com/s4yjYKfIsx — Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) January 31, 2019

The party tweeted: "In just five years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has devastated the economy and driven unemployment to a 45-year-high. The youth of India have one question for you Modiji."

In just 5 years, PM NoMo has devastated the economy & driven unemployment to a 45 year high.

The youth of India have one question for you Modiji, #HowsTheJobs ? pic.twitter.com/4azBFm6Wz0 — Congress (@INCIndia) January 31, 2019

Another Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi also cited the report and said:"If figs inconvenient, doctor them; if experts indep, make them lame duck & forced 2resign; if doctoring nt possible, change basis of calculation! Vive #bjp #Modi." A Business Standard report, citing data collated under the NSSO, a report that has been withheld by the government, claimed that India's unemployment rate was at a 45-year-high of 6.1 per cent in 2017-18.