Kohima: Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi yesterday promised to create “100 million jobs” for the unemployed youth of the northeastern states if his party again comes to power at the centre.
“Our party is committed to creating 100 million jobs for youth in the region if it retains power,” Gandhi said at a huge rally here in the capital of Nagaland.
The Congress leader was campaigning for his party candidate
K V Pusa contesting the April 9 Lok Sabha polls for the lone Nagaland parliamentary constituency.
Gandhi, however, said the creation of the jobs could only take place if the northeast has good connectivity with the rest of India.
“The next (Congress) government will focus more on road, rail, air and technological connectivity to remove barriers of movement in the region,” he said.
He blamed Chief Minister Nephiu Rio, also the Naga People’s Front candidate for the seat, for the backwardness of the state.
The Congress leader assured people that his party would look into all possible means to bring development and prosperity
to the state.
“I was never taught to give false promises, but whatever I will promise, I will surely fulfill it,” he said. On the Naga insurgency issue, Gandhi said he won’t make false promises, but assured the people that the UPA government would work towards peace and harmony in Nagaland. An opinion poll said yesterday that AAP has lost its vote share and will win only three of the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi. The Congress will win one seat with an improved vote share, the BJP will win three, the poll said. According to the ABP News Nielsen Poll, the Aam Aadmi Party’s vote share has come down from 55pc forecast in January to 34pc in March. IANS
