'20,000 MSME industries shut down in India in three years': Congress launches scathing attack on Centre

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The Congress party has launched a scathing attack on the government's recent job distribution, 'Rozgar Mela', accusing it of distributing appointment letters for posts that should have been filled long ago.

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge pointed out that there are still 30 lakh vacant positions in various government departments, and the current recruitment efforts only involve sanctioned posts that have been left unfilled for an extended period.

He criticized the government's claims of fulfilling their promise to provide 2 crore jobs annually, stating that the reality contradicts their statements.

He claimed about 20,000 MSME industries have shut down in the country in just three years.

"In government departments alone, 30 lakh posts are lying vacant. But the event-Jeevi head of the Modi government, Modi ji by distributing recruitment letters in instalments is showing as if he has fulfilled the BJP's promise of giving 2 crore jobs every year.

"Those are sanctioned government posts and they should have been filled long ago," he said in a tweet in Hindi.

Kharge claimed that in the last nine years, events of Start-Up India, Skill India, Stand-Up India were organised, but lakhs of MSMEs had to bear the brunt of wrong policies of the Modi government.

"Millions of youth have lost their jobs, their future turned bleak and the SC, ST, OBC, EWS got the most hurt. The youth of the country will not tolerate this anymore.

This anti-youth government has to go. Bharat will unite, INDIA will win," he said on Twitter.

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Another Congress leader Jairam Ramesh shared a news report about 20,000 MSMEs shut in the last three years.

"The entire attention of the Prime Minister is only on giving benefits to his chosen capitalist friends. MSMEs, which are considered to be the backbone of the country's economy, have been left to fend for themselves. In the Lok Sabha, the government itself admitted that about 20,000 micro, small and medium enterprises have been closed in the last three years. This estimate is also far less than the reality.

"The MSME sector has not yet recovered from the impact of demonetisation and GST. Adequate steps are also not being taken by the government. This is the reason why the sector which could have played an important role in providing employment to the youth, could have strengthened the country's economy, is passing through its worst phase in the so-called 'Amrit Kaal'," he said in a tweet in Hindi.

Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually distributed recruitment letters to 70000 new recruits at a rozgar mela and said greed for power overrode national interest during the UPA government, wreaking havoc on the banking sector, but his dispensation has nursed it back to good financial health.

He also said that India is now among the countries with the strongest banking sectors following a series of measures taken by his government. (With inputs from PTI)