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Senior Congress chief and former Union Minister P Chidambaram mentioned on Saturday that he welcomed the Centre’s announcement to scale back the LPG cylinder value by Rs 100 however mentioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi ought to guarantee that the worth won’t be elevated if his occasion involves energy once more.
Also, he sought to know if there was any budgetary provision for over Rs 5.90 lakh crore initiatives together with Rs 17,300 crore initiatives for Tamil Nadu introduced by the prime minister in a fortnight’s time from February 22.
Speaking to reporters at Satyamurthy Bhavan, the Congress state headquarters right here, Chidambaram mentioned his occasion chief Rahul Gandhi has given 5 ensures to the nation forward of the Lok Sabha polls, and that these will translate into ballot assurances within the occasion’s election manifesto.
The ensures embrace: An assurance on recruitment to get rid of the unemployment downside within the nation by filling up practically 30 lakh vacancies within the Central authorities, Right to Apprenticeship Law for the good thing about diploma holders and graduates, a brand new laws to cease query paper leak for presidency jobs, social safety for Gig economic system staff concerned in casual jobs, and capital help for the youth to begin ventures on their very own.
“These will be fulfilled if the alliance led by the Congress comes to power in the Lok Sabha election,” Chidambaram, who heads the occasion’s ballot manifesto committee, mentioned.
Elaborating on the assurances, he mentioned the laws on query paper leak would additionally guarantee financial compensation to the victims apart from trial in fast-track courts to punish the offenders.
He slammed the prime minister for not implementing the ballot assurances on decreasing the costs of gasoline, making certain two crore jobs to the youth and depositing Rs 15 lakh into the financial institution accounts of the folks.
“From February 22 to March 7, the prime minister had announced over Rs 5.90 lakh crore projects for the country including Rs 17,300 crore for Tamil Nadu. I don’t find any mention of these in the Union Budget. These announcements are like jasmine flowers and paper flowers,” Chidambaram mentioned.
To a query, he replied that the BJP-led authorities on the Centre had executed valuable little on addressing the unemployment downside. “The Agnipath scheme will be abolished and the previous system of recruitment to the armed forces will be restored, if the Congress regains power at the Centre,” the Congress chief mentioned.
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First Published: Mar 09 2024 | 2:37 PM IST
