LoP Rahul Gandhi addresses Parliament during Budget Session Photo: PTI LoP Rahul Gandhi addresses Parliament during Budget Session Photo: PTI Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday called PM Modi's 'Make In India' initiative a 'failure' and slammed the Centre for not handling employmentph dream, organising production well.
In the presence of PM Modi in the House, Rahul Andhi was participating in a debate on the Motion of Thanks on the President's address on January 31. He said the address of the President to the two Houses was similar to the one made last year, and claimed that it was the same "laundry list" of things the government has done.
LoP Rahul Gandhi's Address At Parliament TodayMake In India - Rahul Gandhi takes on 'Make In India' initiative by PM Modi saying that even though it was a good idea, it "pretty much failed".
Gandhi claimed the reason China is sitting inside this country is because 'Make in India' has failed and India is refusing to produce. "I am worried that India is going to give up this revolution to the Chinese once again," he said.
President's Address - Rahul Gandhi supporter his mother's 'boring' remark for President's address, said, "I heard the President's address. I must say I struggled through the President's address to maintain my attention on what was being said, because I've heard pretty much the same address before -- it's the same list of things that the government has done."
Calling it a 'laundry' list of things that have already been discussed before and stated he is being critical about what is being said, and this is not the type of President's address he expected.
slots jackpotOrganising Production - The former Congress president also said as a country, India has failed in organising production and has handed it over to the Chinese.
He also said India has to focus completely on production and claimed social tension is on the rise in the country.
Gandhi was of the view that four technologies are driving change in mobility -- electric motors, batteries, optics and application of artificial intelligence (AI).
Unemployment - Gandhi, further in his speech stated that neither the former Congress-led UPA government nor the incumbent NDA-led Central government were able to tackle unemployment in the country so far.
He said, "The future of the country will be changed by the young men and women. Anything we say has to be addressed and spoken to them."
"There won't be a vacuum. Someone will come in my place, for sure. All the sports are like that. Sachin Tendulkar was there and now there is Virat Kohli, and someone will take his place tomorrow. So, Sreejesh was there yesterday, but someone else will come and take his place tomorrow," the goalkeeping stalwart told PTI in an interview at the India House in Paris.
"Yes, definitely, the mental toughness of this side is totally different. We are a united bunch and we backed each other and motivated each other when chips were down," Harmanpreet told PTI after returning to the country on Saturday.
"The first thing in front of us, and I am sure this is something that the Prime Minister would accept, is that even though we have grown, we've grown fast, growing slightly slower now, but we are growing. A universal problem that we have faced is that we have not been able to tackle the problem of unemployment," he added
The Congress MP continued by saying that neither the former UPA government nor the current NDA government has provided a clear answer to the youth of the country regarding employment.
Jaishankar's Foreign Visit - Gandhi also claimed that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who represented the Indian government at Donald Trump's inauguration on January 20, went to Washington to convince officials to invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
He stated, "When we talk to the United States, we would not send our Foreign Minister to invite our Prime Minister to his coronation... Because if we had a production system and if we were working on these technologies (Artificial Intelligence), the American President would come here and invite the Prime Minister."
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju stood up from his seat during this time and refuted Gandhi's claims saying, "the Leader of the Opposition cannot make such serious unsubstantial statement".
"This is related to the relationship between the two countries, and he is making an unverified statement about the invitation of the Prime Minister of our country," he added.
Rahul Gandhi in response saidph dream, "I apologise for disturbing your peace of mind."