Congress chief Kharge trains guns at BJP govt over inflation, unemployment

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge slammed the Centre on Friday over a host of issues including inflation and unemployment and accused it of making tall promises during election time and going back on those words after coming to powerAddressing a rally here as part of the Congresss Bharat Jodo Yatra Kharge said there is rising inflation and unemployment in the country but the government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP does not seem to be botheredFormer Congress chief Rahul Gandhi senior party leaders Kumari Selja Bhupinder Singh Hooda K C Venugopal Shaktisinh Gohil Kiran Choudhary and D K Shivakumar were among those present at the rallyAlso read At Panipat rally Rahul Gandhi targets BJP govt over Agnipath scheme GSTKharge said Gandhi has led the Bharat Jodo Yatra for more than 3000 kilometres so far The foot march reached Haryana from Uttar Pradesh on Thursday eveningThe Congress chief said essential items of use have gone out of the common mans reach because of the rising inflationIn 45 years unemployment was never so high Educated youngsters including those with degrees in engineering and medicine are without jobs but Prime Minister Narendra Modiji and Union Home Minister Amit Shahji are not worried about themThey have no concern for youngsters the economic condition or inflation Only elections are on their mind Kharge said while accusing the BJP of misusing central agencies to target the oppositionHe said the Congress came to power in several states under Gandhis leadership but the saffron party allegedly used tactics to bring down those democraticallyelected governments Then they say they believe in democracy the Congress chief saidThey take the gods name and spread such lies This is a government of lies It had promised two crore jobs every year Did you get those jobs It had promised to put Rs 15 lakh in everyones bank account Did you get that Kharge asked the crowdHe pointed out that in pollbound Tripura Shah has talked about the inauguration of the Ram temple in AyodhyaWho are you to say so Are you the pujari or mahant of the Ram temple Kharge said targeting the home ministerHe hit out at the BJPled Centre for making tall promises and going back on those words laterKharge accused the saffron party of indulging in divisive and votebank politics and asserted that the Congress stands to protect the interests of all sections of the societyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever