New Delhi, September 17
The Congress on Saturday claimed that in view of the “worrying” job situation in the country, the youth are marking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday as “National Unemployment Day”, and demanded that he provide employment to them as promised.
The opposition party also greeted Prime Minister Modi on his 72nd birthday and wished him good health and a long life.
“Our ideological and political battles against him continues. His personal vendetta against us intensifies. Even so, here is wishing and greeting our Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 72nd birthday,” Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said in a tweet.
Addressing a press conference at the AICC headquarters here, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said the birthdays of Indian prime ministers have always been celebrated as special days.
“Given his love for children, Nehru Ji’s birthday is marked as Children’s Day, Indira Ji’s birthday is celebrated as Communal Harmony Day and Rajiv Gandhi Ji’s birthday is celebrated as ‘Sadbhavna Diwas’.
“In fact, even Atal Ji’s birthday in December is celebrated as Good Governance Day, which is why it worries and pains me that Mr Modi’s birthday is being celebrated by the youth of this country as National Unemployment Day,” Shrinate said.
She said it is a huge cause of concern that despite India being the youngest country in the world, 60 per cent of the country’s working-age population is either unemployed or not looking for work.
