The National President of All India Students Association (AISA), N. Sai Balaji, said that the unemployment rate was the highest in independent India
Mohd Aasif | Clarion India
NEW DELHI — On Thursday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) celebrated the 70th birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi but the occasion was chosen to observe National Unemployment Day by the youths of the country.
It is an irony that a PM who promised ten crore jobs during his tenure but his birthday is being observed as National Unemployment Day. Youths and student organisations took to social media to express their dismay over the promises that fell flat on the ground of reality.
Besides political and known figures, a large number of netizens took to Twitter to mark September 17 as National Unemployment Day and the trend has gone viral.
Posting a clip from a newspaper that gives an account of the available jobs in the country (less than 2% of the aspirants), Congress leader Rahul Gandhi tweeted justifying the reason to observe National Unemployment Day. “Employment is dignity. For how long will the Govt deny it?” reads the tweet.
यही कारण है कि देश का युवा आज #राष्ट्रीय_बेरोजगारी_दिवस मनाने पर मजबूर है।
रोज़गार सम्मान है।
सरकार कब तक ये सम्मान देने से पीछे हटेगी?Massive unemployment has forced the youth to call today #NationalUnemploymentDay.
Employment is dignity.
For how long will the Govt deny it? pic.twitter.com/FC2mQAW3oJ— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) September 17, 2020
The National President of All India Students Association (AISA), N. Sai Balaji, said that the unemployment rate was the highest in independent India. “The government has nothing to ease the crisis during the pandemic-induced lockdown. Migrant workers and salaried people have lost their jobs”, he said during a telephonic conversation.
Lately, the government has put a ban on recruitment of employees. Balaji said that the move was ‘unfortunate’ and it showed the hypocrisy of the government. “The government takes the examination for the job but never declares the results of the aspirants”, he said and added that he suicide rate among unemployed youths was at its peak.
Balaji told Clarion India that the AISA movement would be continued with the demand for an Urban job guarantee scheme like MNREGA for the rural areas.
प्रिय साथियों,
आज आजाद भारत के इतिहास में पहली बार किसी प्रधानमंत्री के जन्मदिन पर मजबूरन देश का युवा बेरोजगारी का महापर्व यानी #राष्ट्रीय_बेरोजगार_दिवस मना रहा है..
इस अवसर पर मैं भारत के प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi को इस महापर्व की शुभकामनाएं देता हूँ ।
— Srinivas B V (@srinivasiyc) September 17, 2020
The National President of the Indian Youth Congress Srinivas BV, extending his best wishes to PM Modi, tweeted that for the first time ever, youth was forced to observe the birthday of a Prime Minister as National Unemployment day.
मोदी जी को जन्मदिन की शुभकामनाएं ईश्वर उन्हें सदबुद्धि दें और वे मल्टीनेश्नल व कॉर्पोरेट से हटकर मज़दूर व किसान के बारे में भी सोचें। मेरा निवेदन है कि मोदी जी किसान व उपभोक्ताओं के हितों का ख़्याल रखते हुए उनके हितों के विपरीत लाए अध्यादेश वापस लें और बेरोज़गारों को रोज़गार दें।
— digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) September 17, 2020
Rajya Sabha MP Digvijay Singh pleaded with PM Modi to take due care of the rights of farmers and consumers and withdraw the anti-farmer-consumer ordinance. He also made a request to provide employment to the unemployed.
#NationalUnemploymentDay#NationalUnemploymentDay#राष्ट्रीय_बेरोजगारी_दिवस
The man who promised 2 Crore jobs per year, little did we know that he was talking about taking away those jobs!
More than 12 crore people lost their jobs.@PMOIndia@narendramodi #NationalUnemploymentDay pic.twitter.com/wlpPZowqWU— Shubham Mishra Sahil (@EndlessMishra51) September 17, 2020
Crores of Youth thrown out of jobs in the past few months ! What about the promise made abt 2cr. jobs per year?
Yuva ko Chahiye Rozgar !#NationalUnemploymentDay
— Aishe (ঐশী) (@aishe_ghosh) September 17, 2020
The #NationalUnemploymentDay trended at Number 2 on Twitter. Netizens uploaded photos and videos of their protests demanding employment.
JNU Students Union president Aishe Ghosh tweeted about how crores of youth lost their jobs in the past few months despite the current government promising two crores of jobs every year.
##NationalUnemploymentDay
Dear PM,* Focus on Growing economy rather than growing your beard.
* Focus on Job ki baat. We are not interested in your ‘Man ki baat’.
Where are 2 crores Jobs per year?@TheDeshBhakt @narendramodi#NationalUnemploymentDay #राष्ट्रीय_बेरोजगारी_दिवस pic.twitter.com/fajH4z9aMt— Shailesh Rajpara (@ShaileshRajpara) September 17, 2020
#राष्ट्रीय_बेरोजगार_दिवस is being celebrated for the first time, through this trend, we will wake up the government by bringing the voice of unemployed youth to the top trend internationally.
Do you retweet if you agree#NationalUnemploymentDay@HansrajMeena@ABPNews pic.twitter.com/c2UVFWaKPn
— 🇮🇳“ तेजाराम मीना”🇮🇳 (@tejarammeena98) September 17, 2020
