
"Web Of Lies": M Kharge Counters PM's '8 Crore Jobs In 4 Years' Remark
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's offensive comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi pointed to an RBI report that said India added nearly 4.7 crore jobs during 2023-24
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the creation of eight crore jobs in four jobs has silenced "those spreading fake narratives about unemployment", the Congress has hit back, accusing the Prime Minister of weaving a "web of lies". .@narendramodi जी,कल आप मुंबई में नौकरियाँ देने पर झूठ का मायाजाल बुन रहे थे।मैं आपको पुनः याद दिलाना चाहता हूँ कि आपने NRA - National Recruitment Agency की घोषणा करते हुए क्या कहा था।अगस्त 2020 में आपने कहा था - "NRA करोड़ों युवाओं के लिए वरदान साबित होगी। सामान्य… pic.twitter.com/RZOQkMh1hh
"Mr Narendra Modi, In Mumbai yesterday, you were weaving a web of lies on giving out jobs. I would like to remind you what you said while announcing the National Recruitment Agency (NRA). In August 2020, you had said, 'NRA would prove to be a boon for crores of youngsters. This general eligibility exam would remove the need for multiple exams and save time and resources. It will also boost transparency'," Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said, quoting the Prime Minister.
He then asked three questions: "Why has NRA not conducted a single exam in four years? Why it has spent just Rs 58 crore of the Rs 1,517 crore fund allocated? NRA was set up for recruitment to government jobs. Has it been kept dysfunctional deliberately to snatch the reservation rights of youngsters from SC, ST, OBC and EWS communities," the Congress chief asked in a post on X.