Maha Youth Congress launches campaign over unemployment

The Maharashtra Youth Congress on Thursday announced the launch of a campaign against the "unemployment crisis", with a demand for a "National Registry of Unemployment" (NRU).

State Youth Congress chief Satyajit Tambe said the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens were brought in by the ruling BJP only to divert people's attention from its failure on the economic front.

"The youth of India don't need CAA, NCR, instead the youth need National Register of Unemployment," he said.

"Starting from January 23 any unemployed Indian can support the demand for NRU by giving a missed call on 8151994411," Tambe said.

Unemployment in India was highest in 45 years, and the BJP government was keen on privatisation and cutting down government jobs, Tambe alleged.

As per the Ministry of Personnel data, there were nearly 7 lakh vacant central government posts, but the Narendra Modi government was reluctant to fill them up, he claimed.

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