NSSO Report: Akhilesh Yadav takes dig at BJP; asks Hows the Jobs?

Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav, on Friday, said that jobless youths will kick the Narendra Modi government out of power in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. His comments came citing the NSSO's report that said the country's unemployment rate was at a 45-year-high in 2017-18 and stood at 6.1 per cent.

The BJP, which presented fake data on providing employment, stands exposed after the findings of National Sample Survey Office's (NSSO's) periodic labour force survey (PLFS).

In the last 25 years, the rate of unemployment was highest in 2017-18, Yadav said in a tweet with the hashtag 'HowsTheJobs', a twist on "How's The Josh", a popular line from the film "Uri: The Surgical Strike".

He said that youths who did not get jobs will defeat the BJP in the next polls.

In a statement issued here, the SP president further alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was a party of "conspirators" and an "expert" in communalising atmosphere.

"It's the responsibility of all the SP workers to make the people aware of the BJP's conspiracies and expose them. BJP has ruined the country," he said.

"While farmers are suffering... GST and demonetisation have adversely affected traders and youths who could not get jobs," he added.