Sitaram Yechury questions Centre’s job announcement

New Delhi: Raising questions over the Centre’s announcement of providing 10 lakh jobs in the next 18 months, Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Tuesday asked why the government did not fill the “lakhs of government jobs lying vacant” during the last eight years.
Earlier today, the Prime Minister’s Office announced that the recruitment of 10 lakh people will be done by the Government in a mission mode in the next 1.5 years.
Speaking to ANI, Yechury said, “Have you not heard such rhetoric before? How many times have you heard in the last 8-10 years such a thing? Every year 2 crore jobs had been announced by the Modi government.” Calling the move “gross injustice to the youth”, the CPI(M) leader said that the government should fill the vacant seats first before announcing new jobs in the future.
“Our youth are facing unemployment. People are throwing another jumla of employment. We understand that it is a gross injustice to the youth of our country. If you have some desire to work for the youth, then Prime Minister, the government jobs which are still vacant and are not being recruited, should be filled in lakhs,” he said.
Asked if his party would participate in the meeting of the Opposition leaders convened by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on June 15 in a bid to unite the opposition parties ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and prepare a joint strategy for the presidential polls, Yechury confirmed that CPI(M) will take part in the meeting.