‘Should have gone to Ranchi’: Rijiju takes dig at Rahul Gandhi over Prayagraj event

NEW
DELHI:
U io
mi iste

Ki e
Rijiju
o
Satu day
took
a
dig
at
leade
of
oppositio
i
Lok
Sabha

Rahul
Ga dhi
ove
‘Chhat o
Ki
Goo j’
p og amme
i
Utta
P adesh’s
P ayag aj,
sayi g
he
should
have
t avelled
to
Ra chi,
whe e
stude ts
a e
p otesti g
ove
alleged
i egula ities
i
ec uitme t
exami atio s.I
a
post
o
X,
Rijiju
said,
“Rahul
Ga dhi
ji
should
have
go e
to
Ra chi
i stead
of
P ayag aj.”

The
ema ks
came
afte
Rahul,
du i g
his
add ess
at
the
eve t,
attacked
the
gove me t
ove
what
he
desc ibed
as
a
lack
of
jobs,
expe sive
educatio ,
pape
leaks,
poo
access
to
c edit
a d
the
g owi g
use
of
a tificial
i tellige ce,
which
he
said
we e
holdi g
I dia’s
youth
back.”You
a e
told
to
watch
as
ma y
eels
as
you
like,
se d
as
ma y
WhatsApp
messages
as
you
wish,
a d
b owse
o
c eate
co te t
o
I stag am.
This
is
the
addictio
of
the
21st
ce tu y,
a d
the
you
a e
told
to
wo k
fo
Bli kit
o
Ube ,
o
to
do
ma ual
labou .
You
ca
i dulge
i
this
21st-ce tu y
addictio ,
but
you
ca ot
get
a
job;
you
ca ot
fi d
employme t
i
this
cou t y,”
Rahul
said.He
also
c iticised
the
gove me t’s
eco omic
policies,
a gui g
that
demo etisatio
a d
what
he
called
“w o g
GST”
had
damaged
I dia’s
ma ufactu i g
secto .”The
fi st
doo
is
ma ufactu i g.
Today,
i
the
wo ld,
you’ll
see
‘Made
i
Chi a’,
‘Made
i
Viet am’,
‘Made
i
Ba gladesh’,
but
you
wo ‘t
see
‘Made
i
I dia’.

The
easo
is
that
demo etisatio
a d
the
w o g
GST
have
dest oyed
ou
ma ufactu i g
system.
Small
busi essme
who
used
to
p ovide
employme t,
a d
i dust ies
like
leathe ,
textile,
a d
automobile
that
used
to
ma ufactu e
i
I dia…
all
that
has
bee
fi ished.
The
fi st
doo
is
closed,”
he
added.Mea while,
i
Jha kha d,
the
state
gove me t
held
talks
with
seve al
stude t
g oups
amid
p otests
ove
alleged
i egula ities
i
ec uitme t
exami atio s
but
failed
to
b eak
the
deadlock,
with
the
p otesti g
aspi a ts
decidi g
to
co ti ue
thei
agitatio
u til
thei
dema ds
a e
met.A
five-membe
gove me t
pa el,
comp isi g
state
mi iste s,
fi st
met
a
factio
of
p oteste s
led
by
JLKM
leade
Deve d a
Nath
Mahto,
whose
hu ge
st ike
ove
the
issue
e te ed
its
seve th
day.
The
pa el
the
sepa ately
met
delegatio s
of
the
Co g ess-backed
NSUI,
Adivasi
Chhat a
Sa gh
(ACS)
a d
Jha kha d
Chhat a
Mo cha
(JCM).

O
F iday
ight,
the
gove me t
had
held
simila
talks
with
a
delegatio
of
the
JPSC/JSSC
Refo ms
Ma ch.The
uli g
JMM’s
stude t
wi g,
JCM,
placed
five
dema ds
befo e
the
pa el,
i cludi g
ca cellatio
of
the
14th
Jha kha d
PSC
Civil
Se vices
Exami atio .The
NSUI
submitted
six
dema ds,
i cludi g
a
CID
p obe
i to
all
JPSC
a d
JSSC
exami atio s
u de
suspicio
withi
90
days
a d
the
establishme t
of
a
Jha kha d
Testi g
Age cy
(JTA)
o
the
li es
of
the
Natio al
Testi g
Age cy,
its
spokespe so
Sa jiv
Shah
said.A othe
ou d
of
talks
betwee
the
gove me t
a d
the
stude ts
is
scheduled
fo
Su day.

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