Days after the Parliament security breach case, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said unemployment and rising prices were behind the December 13 incident. The day also coincides with the Parliament terror attack in 2001.
Speaking to reporters after an election strategy meeting with leaders of the party’s Gujarat unit in Delhi, Rahul Gandhi said it is the youngsters who are not getting jobs due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policies who breached Parliament security. The Wayanad MP added that the breach was the result of anger that has long been simmering among the youth.
Sharing his video, in a post on X, Gandhi also wrote in Hindi, “Where are the jobs? The youths are desperate. We have to focus on this issue and give jobs to the youth.
“There has definitely been a security lapse, but the reason behind it is the country’s biggest issue – unemployment,” Gandhi said.
Jobs कहां हैं?युवा हताश हैं – हमें इस मुद्दे पर focus करना है, युवाओं को नौकरी देनी है।सुरक्षा चूक ज़रूर हुई है, मगर इसके पीछे का कारण है देश का सबसे बड़ा मुद्दा – बेरोज़गारी! pic.twitter.com/iqvIR4Uy5l
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) December 16, 2023
Meanwhile, the BJP derided Rahul Gandhi saying he “always talks trash” and claimed that unemployment was at its lowest in the last six years.
“Rahul Gandhi never disappoints; always talks trash. For the record, unemployment in India is at 3.2%, the lowest in six years. Instead, Rahul Gandhi and I.N.D.I Alliance leaders must explain the close linkages of those involved in the Parliament breach with Congress, TMC, and CPI(M). Rahul Gandhi, in particular, must clarify his association with Asim Sarode, who was part of Bharat Jodo Yatra and has offered to provide legal aide to the intruders,” BJP IT in-charge Amit Malviya said in a post on X.
In a major security breach on Wednesday, two men — Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D — jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery during Zero Hour, released yellow smoke from canisters and shouted slogans, before they were overpowered by the MPs. At the same time, two others — Amol Shinde and Neelam Devi — released coloured smoke from canisters while shouting “tanashahi nahi chalegi” outside the Parliament premises.
Lalit Jha, the fifth accused, allegedly circulated videos of the protest outside the complex on social media. All of them are in the custody of the Delhi Police.