Addressing a press conference at his residence with State Congress President Chaudhary Udaibhan, Bhupinder Hooda took on the government on unemployment, with facts and figures and said Haryana is facing the highest unemployment rate in the entire country. “For the last several years, figures from government and private organizations have been confirming this. The Central Government itself told in the Parliament that during the Congress government in 2013-14, the unemployment rate of Haryana was 2.9%, today it has increased more than 3 times to about 9.0%, while the unemployment rate at the national level is 4.1%. That means unemployment in Haryana is more than double the national average,” he said.
Hooda said now the government is Congress claiming that the unemployment rate has reduced. “It is surprising that the government is touting this rate as an achievement, while it becomes clear from these figures that the unemployment rate has increased under the BJP-JJP government and the present government and the present government is nowhere compared to the Congress in terms of providing employment,” he stated.
“Youth do not find their future secure during the present government. That’s why they are going abroad illegally by investing lakhs of Rupees through
“Why does BJP-JJP want to send Haryana youth to the war-affected area Israel? This is the same Israel where there is a war going on with Hamas. Just a few days ago, many countries had evacuated their citizens from there, safely. Similarly, the government has also made a policy to send unemployed people to Gulf countries. Thousands of cases of exploitation and atrocities against workers have come to light in these Gulf countries. In these countries, workers do not have any rights and they continue to be subjected to inhuman atrocities,” he pointed out.
He also raised the issue of fraud in recruitment and said that in the House the Chief Minister places his hand on Geeta and takes an oath to catch the corrupt, but the truth is something else. “The recruitment scams of this government are not hidden from anyone. In 2017, the High Court had ordered a vigilance inquiry into fishery recruitment, but till date there is no trace of that inquiry,” he pointed out.“In April 2018, when the office of Haryana Staff Selection Commission was raided, many employees were caught on charges of tampering with the recruitment results. During interrogation, the employees had revealed the rate list of all the posts, but despite such big revelations, the government did not take action or investigate any person holding a high position,” he added. “When challan was filed in this case, the Hon’ble Court expressed dissatisfaction with its investigation and clearly said efforts are being made to save some people.
