PANAJI
AAP Goa Desk in-charge Atishi on Wednesday hit out at the State government taking them to task for failing to provide Goans with jobs over the last 10 years.
In a press release, AAP stated that on Tuesday, Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal announced his second guarantee to Goans where he promised that he will end Goa's unemployment crisis. This announcement has hit the BJP hard as joblessness is key election issue in Goa.
"Today (Wednesday) the BJP took a press conference where they attacked Kejriwal and said only BJP can solve the unemployment crisis in Goa, if that is so then why were they sleeping for the last 8 years?" AAP stated in the release.
"Instead of working on providing jobs, CM Pramod Sawant has been focusing on blaming Goans for his failure. Sawant blamed Goan youth for lacking skills, BJP is in power since 2013, what they have done to provide skills? Sawant has gone on to put his hands up and say that even God can't provide jobs to Goans. Can you imagine the CM of the state said only God can give jobs to Goans? No wonder they are angry when Kejriwal comes to Goa and promises jobs. What has the BJP done in providing skills to make Goan youth employable? Is it not the job of the government to provide skills for employment? Is not eight years enough time to do this? Is the government promoting the private sector in Goa? Is it training youth to have skills for jobs? Is the government training youth to be entrepreneurs?" AAP questioned.
"AAP will set up a skill university that will help youth get more employable. In Delhi AAP has set up a Rozgar Bazaar that has provided lakh jobs.
Thousands of people have got jobs due to the door to door service of the Delhi government as well as the new schools, hospitals and other infrastructure that has been created," the release added.
"More than 80,000 families employed in the mining sector are unemployed. The mining crisis was created by the BJP and Congress hand in hand. In these 8 years, mining dependents have been left to deal with their problems on their own. Mining dependents are living in penury, what has the BJP done to help them? Even now there is a worry that when leases go out they may go out to outside companies who will hire their own people and not Goans," AAP added.
