In recent years, Gandhi has consistently highlighted unemployment in his speeches, linking declining incomes and job scarcity to what he describes as the failure of the BJP-led central government.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who has been constantly attacking the government over the rising unemployment in the country, is now going to take a concrete initiative on this issue on his birthday. On the occasion of the 55th birthday of Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, the party’s Delhi unit and the Indian Youth Congress are jointly organizing a mega job fair in the national capital. This fair, to be held on Thursday at the Talkatora Stadium in Delhi, is not only an attempt to take Congress politics to the grassroots level, but is also bringing hundreds of employment opportunities for the youth of the capital. This has been done jointly by the Delhi Congress and the Indian Youth Congress earlier. Rahul Gandhi has been calling unemployment an important issue for a long time, and this event is considered to be an attempt to bring the same idea to the grassroots level.
The fair will start at 10 am This fair will start at 10 am and will continue till 4 pm. According to Delhi Congress President Devendra Yadav, so far about 20 thousand unemployed youth have registered to participate in it. Around 100 companies are expected to participate in the fair, which will bring about 5,000 job opportunities.
Big companies from Zepto to HDFC According to the promotional material released by the Congress, the companies that will participate in the fair include well-known companies like Zepto, Airtel, Blinkit, Tata, HDFC Bank, Flipkart, Mahindra and Axis Bank.
This fair is a part of Rahul Gandhi’s thinking Devendra Yadav said, “This job fair reflects Rahul Gandhi’s concern for the youth. He has raised the issue of unemployment in Parliament and public meetings many times and has said that the government’s promises have remained only on paper.”
Congress attacks on the deteriorating condition of employment in Delhi In a press conference before the fair, Yadav held the Delhi and Central governments responsible for unemployment. He said, “Earlier, youth from all over the country used to come to Delhi in search of jobs, but now the youth of Delhi itself are wandering for employment. This is the worst situation of unemployment in the last 45 years.” Devendra Yadav targeted AAP and BJP and said that the Aam Aadmi Party government did nothing to provide employment to the youth in 11 years, while the BJP’s Rekha Gupta government made only promises in 100 days, but did not provide a single job.
12th pass youth can participate Youth Congress President Uday Bhanu Chib said that at least 12th pass youth can participate in this fair. Out of 20 thousand registrations, 10 thousand have been done online, while the rest 258 were collected through block level camps.
Good results in Rajasthan Congress leaders said that a similar fair was organized in Rajasthan in April, where 1,400 youths got jobs out of 3,500 registrations. He said that this experience was encouraging and inspired by that, this big fair has been organized in Delhi.
BJP’s taunt BJP made fun of Congress’ claims. Taking a dig at the Congress’ claims, BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said that the claim of registration of 20 thousand youth is “ridiculous”.
This initiative is a direct reflection of Rahul Gandhi’s concern for the country’s youth,” Yadav said. “He has constantly raised the issue of unemployment in Parliament and during public meetings, highlighting how the government’s promises have not translated into jobs.”
In a press conference ahead of the event, Yadav blamed successive governments — both at the Centre and in Delhi — for what he described as the Capital’s deepening unemployment crisis. “There was a time when young people from all over the country would come to Delhi in search of jobs and find gainful employment,” he said. “But now, the youth of Delhi are battling one of the worst unemployment crises in the past 45 years.”
“The previous AAP government did nothing to provide jobs to the youth during 11 years in power, and the Rekha Gupta government of the BJP has only made promises without delivering jobs in the past 100 days,” he alleged.
Youth Congress President Uday Bhanu Chib, who is overseeing the execution of the event, said youth with at least a Class XII qualification are eligible to participate. Of the 20,000 registrations, 10,000 came through online platforms, while the rest were collected through 258 block-level camps set up by the Delhi Congress unit.
People’s leader Shri Rahul Gandhi ji has always talked about youth justice and following the path shown by him, we are shaping the future of thousands of youth of Delhi on his birthday.
Congress leaders also cited a similar initiative in Rajasthan in April, where they claimed that 1,400 out of 3,500 registered youth had received job offers. Party officials said the Rajasthan job fair served as a “morale booster” and influenced them to organise a larger event on Gandhi’s birthday.
