PANAJI
The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday launched a movement to ask Goans to take a stance against the spectacular failure of the Sawant Sarkar to provide jobs to them, especially the youth.
AAP urged Goenkars to take a pledge against parties that have failed to provide them jobs at jobsforallgoans.in or give a missed call at 8512 890 890.
Speaking on the occasion, AAP National Spokesperson Raghav Chadha said, “Today, we are launching a movement asking the people of Goa what they want. Do they want the current system or do they want a change? If they want only relatives of ministers to get jobs or all Goans to get these.”
“Both generating jobs in Goa and giving government jobs are absolutely possible. We have to come together to get jobs for all hardworking Goans,” added Chadha.
AAP Goa Convenor Rahul Mhambre said, “We have heard so many stories in which people have told us that their children have been looking for jobs for so many years and have been going through so many hardships to find one job. It is only a matter of will, and the Sawant sarkar is unwilling,” Mhambre added.
The party said the largest problem impacting the Goan youth was the jobs crisis. The Goa government has not been able to give jobs to all Goemkars and has failed to even generate jobs in the private sector. Pramod Sawant made big announcements but if he had to keep his promise, the problem of unemployment would not have exploded to this level today, the party affirmed.
Basing its assertion on statistics, the party said that in March this year, Goa reported the third-highest unemployment rate in the country at 21.1 per cent, almost a 6 per cent increase in 6 months. Again and again, the Goa government has promised thousands of government jobs every time there is an election. The jobs disappear after the election. Politicians after politicians, parties after parties have promised jobs but no one has been able to deliver, the AAP derided.
The party said the intentions of these politicians have always been bad. The only people in Goa who get jobs are relatives and friends of politicians. The ordinary Goenkar who has worked very hard to get a degree and is qualified is not able to get jobs unless he goes and begs in front of his MLA, it added.
Speaking on the ease of doing business, the AAP said the government had made promises on this front and promised the creation of employment opportunities. This promise disappears after the elections. Goa State Industry Association has openly accused the current government of corruption. There is rampant red-tapism and malpractices. Ultimately, ordinary Goans are suffering. A government or private job is the right of every Goan. This is what the AAP believes, it asserted.
