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badly hit by the extended lockdown to slow the virus spread.
Rahul Gandhi’s recent attacks on the government have focused on the economy and jobs.
In a tweet on Wednesday, he said some two crores peo- ple lost their jobs in the last four months and asserted that the “truth about unem- ployment” cannot be hid- den from the country. “The future of 2 crore families is in the dark. The truth about unemployment and destruc- tion of the economy cannot be hidden from the country by peddling fake news and hatred on Facebook,” he said, referring to the row over a re- port by the Wall Street Jour- nal (WSJ) that alleged that
Rahul gandhi paints diRe scenaRio, attacks Media foR Mocking hiM
ahul Gandhi predict- ed on Thursday that India will not be able
to give jobs to its youth in the
coming days as he attacked
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi’s policies at a virtual
press conference today. The
crisis would hit home in the
next six-seven months, he
said, reminding that “the
media had made fun” of his
prediction earlier this year on
the coronavirus. “India will that our country won’t be able not be able to provide em- to give jobs. If you don’t agree ployment to the youth. This then wait for six-seven months,” is obvious. It has never hap- Rahul Gandhi said.
leader said. sector had been finished by the “The media made fun of economy. “90% employment is me when I warned the coun- in the unorganized sector. Small try that there will be heavy industries, farmers... PM Modi loss due to COVID-19. If destroyed the system. You will
nancial companies until the end
of August to help companies senior Facebook executives
Rahul Gandhi with migrant laborers leaving Delhi for their villages
you don’t believe me, don’t lis- ten to me. Today I am saying
see companies fall one after the other. Micro, Small and Medi- um Enterprises (MSMEs) will be destroyed after the moratori- um period,” Gandhi said.
The Reserve Bank of India had announced a moratorium on loan repayment to commer-
pened in 70 years that our The reason, he explained,
country is unable to give jobs was that those who would pro-
to the youth,” the Congress vide jobs in the unorganized cial banks and non-banking fi-
w w w. T h e I n d i a n E Y E . u s
amid the country’s fight against COVID-19.
Many businesses have been
had opposed applying hate speech rules to posts by cer- tain BJP leaders.