Priyanka lashes BJP in Himachal, says ‘government (BJP) has snatched jobs’

Firing a fresh salvo at the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said the government will not work for development in the poll-bound Himachal Pradesh.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday addressed a rally in Sirmaur district and slammed the state government and said the debt of Rs 70,000 crores is saddled.

“There are 30 lakh young people in Himachal Pradesh and of them, 15 lakh are unemployed. This is at a time when government posts lie vacant in the state. This government (BJP) has snatched jobs and increased inflation,” Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said.

Meanwhile, Priyanka said, if Congress voted to power in the state then at its very first cabinet meeting the party will make a provision for 1 lakh government jobs.

Congress leader Priyanka said the state has a sizeable educated and young population and urged people to vote for the Congress.

“Despite this, over 63,000 government posts are vacant and nothing has been done by the BJP to fill these posts over the last five years of its rule. There are thousands of jobless youth but the BJP did nothing to give them jobs. Why? Because their intentions were not right,” Priyanka said.

Moreover, the Congress general secretary highlighted on Old Pension Scheme (OPS) which has been implemented in Chhattisgarh for retired government employees.

However, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra further said, “They (BJP) cannot talk about any achievement in the state because nothing was done in the last five years. The BJP won’t talk about development as they did nothing to ensure the development of Himachal Pradesh.”