‘Dard, data, daulat’: Rahul Gandhi targets Centre over unemployment at ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ event

Rahul
Ga dhi
add esses
the
gathe i g
du i g
the
‘Chhat o
Ki
Goo j’
p og am,
i
P ayag aj,
Utta
P adesh.

NEW
DELHI:
Co g ess
leade

Rahul
Ga dhi
o
Satu day
desc ibed
I dia’s
youth
as
the
cou t y’s
biggest
st e gth,
but
said
a
lack
of
jobs,
expe sive
educatio ,
pape
leaks,
poo
access
to
c edit
a d
the
g owi g
use
of
AI
we e
holdi g
them
back.Speaki g
at
the
‘Chhat o
Ki
Goo j’
p og amme
at
KP
G ou d
i
P ayag aj,
Rahul
told
the
gathe i g,
“You
a e
powe
a d
p ide
of
I dia;
whe
I
say
this,
I
talk
about
eve y
I dia
citize .”
He
said
he
wa ted
to
speak
about
“da d
(pai ),
data,
a d
daulat
(wealth)”,
f ami g
his
add ess
a ou d
the
p oblems
faci g
you g
I dia s
a d
the
eco omic
esou ces
he
believes
should
belo g
to
them.Rahul
said
I dia’s
ea ly
40
c o e
you g
people
we e
its
“g eatest
st e gth”,
addi g
that
while
the e
was
much
discussio
about
Ame ica,
Chi a
a d
Russia,
“I dia’s
youth
[a e]
u pa alleled.”
He
a gued
that
the
cou t y’s
futu e
would
depe d
o
the
pote tial
of
its
you g
populatio
a d
the
data
they
ge e ate.He
said
a tificial
i tellige ce
was
also
built
o
people’s
data
a d
a gued
that
this
data
should
be
t eated
as
a
asset
belo gi g
to
I dia s.
Rahul
c iticised
the
g owi g
use
of
AI
i
discussio s
about
employme t,
sayi g
tech ological
cha ges
could
fu the
th eate
jobs
u less
you g
people
be efited
f om
the
eco omy
bei g
built
a ou d
thei
data.

Rahul
also
spoke
about
his
co ectio
to
P ayag aj,
desc ibi g
the
city
as
his
family’s
home
a d
ecalli g
its
past
as
a
impo ta t
educatio al
ce t e.
He
said
Allahabad
U ive sity
had
o ce
bee
amo g
the
cou t y’s
best
u ive sities.Rahul
said
you g
I dia s
we e
bei g
t apped
i
a
“chak avyuh”,
with
educatio
becomi g
i c easi gly
expe sive
while
deg ees
ofte
failed
to
t a slate
i to
jobs.“Today,
educatio
ce tificates
have
o
mea i g
i
I dia
because
they
ca ot
give
you
job,”
he
said,
a gui g
that
stude ts
could
spe d
yea s
a d
la ge
amou ts
of
mo ey
o
educatio
without
fi di g
mea i gful
employme t.Rahul
said
the
p oblems
exte ded
ac oss
seve al
outes
i to
the
wo kfo ce.
“All
doo s
of
employme t
a e
closed
i
I dia,”
he
said,
poi ti g
to
a
decli e
i
ma ufactu i g,
difficulties
i
secu i g
loa s,
gove me t-exam
pape
leaks
a d
AI-d ive
job
losses.“Decli e
i
ma ufactu i g,
ha d-to-come-by
loa s,
pape
leaks,
AI
eplaci g
jobs
–
all
this
is
hu ti g
I dia’s
youth,”
Rahul
said.He
blamed
demo etisatio
a d
GST
fo
hu ti g
small
i dust ies,
alleged
that
ba ks
we e
faili g
to
p ovide
adequate
c edit
to
small
a d
medium
busi esses,
a d
c iticised
the
p ivatisatio
of
public-secto
compa ies.
He
also
a gued
that
AI
could
fu the
educe
co po ate
employme t
while
you g
I dia s
we e
i c easi gly
pushed
towa ds
gig
wo k.Rahul
f amed
these
p oblems
as
pa t
of
what
he
called
the
b oade
“system”,
a gui g
that
eco omic
a d
political
powe
had
become
co ce t ated
amo g
a
small
umbe
of
people.
He
li ked
this
to
his
c iticism
of
la ge
co po atio s,
the
gove me t
a d
the
RSS,
allegi g
that
they
exe cised
disp opo tio ate
i flue ce
ove
I dia’s
i stitutio s.

Rahul
said
ece t
stude t
p otests
showed
that
you g
I dia s
we e
begi i g
to
challe ge
the
system.
“Youths
lit
a
light
i
da k ess,
a d
i
doi g
so,
cha ged
the
cou t y,”
he
said.He
u ged
you g
people
to
co f o t
thei
fea s
without
eso ti g
to
hat ed
o
viole ce.
“You
ca ot
hate
o
be
viole t,”
Rahul
said,
addi g,
“We
will
eve
eso t
to
hat ed
o
viole ce;
will
cha ge
the
system
with
love
a d
affectio .”

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