Kanhaiya Kumar accuses Union govt of using drugs to 'blindside' youth

In a press conference at the Mumbai Congress office party leader Kanhaiya Kumar made allegations against the Union government asserting that drugs were being used as a tool to deceive the youth of the country stated a PTI report Kumar expressed concern about the significant quantities of drugs evading detection at various national portsThere are several tools to blindside the youth and one of them is drugs The youth are being trapped in drug addiction and are being forced into a state of delirium so that they dont know what is being done to them their community their past their future and their entire country Kumar was quoted as sayingSpeaking for the first time in Mumbai since being appointed in charge of the NSUI the partys student wing Kumar criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modis sabka saath sabka vikas slogan He questioned the exclusion of thousands of individuals from their rights in the redevelopment process of DharaviAccording to the report Kumar also questioned the timing of the prime ministers launch of a special app for students emphasizing the critical issue of unemployment He urged the government to fulfill its old promise of creating two crore jobs annually highlighting that in nine years the pledge of 18 crore jobs remained unfulfilled Kumar accused the government of attempting to privatize education making it unaffordable for ordinary peopleThe Congress leader drew attention to the alarming issue of student suicides stating that on average a student in India takes their life every hour due to the stress of unemployment He criticized the governments allocation of less than 10 per cent of the total budget to education the PTI report further statedInstead of making such announcements he needs to fulfil his old promise of two crore jobs every year In in his 9year tenure where are the 18 crore jobs Not even 10 per cent of Indias total budget is spent on education It is clear the government wants to privatize education he claimedThe common people cannot afford it People spend their whole lives earning for childrens school fees uniforms textbooks and other things With this on one side students are under a lot of stress due to unemployment On average a student commits suicide every hour in the country today Kumar claimedReportedly Kumar took a swipe at Prime Minister Modi asserting that the nation would have been significantly better off had even 5 per cent of the PMs promises been realized He called for a shift from Mann Ki Baat speaking ones mind to Jan Ki Baat listening to the peoples demands and desiresDiscussing the state of Maharashtra Kumar accused the Eknath Shinde government of taking citizens for granted and stated that the people of the state were well aware of the situationTo address the issue of unemployment Kumar emphasized the necessity of changing the countrys economic policy He advocated a shift away from a centralized system in various sectors to create a level playing field for competition promoting entrepreneurship and industry growthMocking Deputy Chief Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Devendra Fadnavis Kumar highlighted Fadnaviss marginalization despite having 105 MLAs He expressed sympathy for Fadnavis who had to serve as a deputy chief minister under a leader from another partyDespite having 105 MLAs a person from another party was installed as the chief minister and he had to work as a deputy chief minister under him I feel sorry for Fadnavis Kumar saidWith PTI inputs