Government policies have forced educated youths to work as d
Government policies have forced educated youths to work as delivery agents: Akhilesh in LS
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said farmer agitations across the country are the biggest indicator of the government's failure and said its policies have forced several educated youths to work as delivery agents
Samajwadi Party MPs Akhilesh Yadav, Awadhesh Prasad and
others attend proceedings in the Lok Sabha during the Budget session of
Parliament, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (Sansad TV via PTI Photo)
NEW DELHI — Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said farmer
agitations across the country are the biggest indicator of the government's
failure and said its policies have forced several educated youths to work as
delivery agents.
Participating in the debate on the Union Budget in Lok
Sabha, he said the Budget has no roadmap for a "vikisit Bharat".
Dubbing demonetisation and GST as the biggest impediments
to economic growth, the Kannauj MP said frequent changes in the GST formula by
the government gives little chance to small traders to adapt.
He also demanded that farming equipment bought by farmers
should be exempted from GST.
"Farmer agitations across the country are the
biggest indicator of the government's failure," he claimed.
The SP chief said to spur economic development, it was
important that youths get employment based on their skills.
Demanding proper skill mapping, he said educated youths
are working as delivery agent due to proper job avenues.
Alleging mismanagement at the Maha Kumbh Yadav asked why
no final digits are emerging about those who died in the stampede even though a
lot is being advertised about digitisation.
He also hit out at the Uttar Pradesh government saying
the "double engine government is doing double blunders".
"First time, devotees at Kumbh have got stuck in a
300-km-long traffic jam, the borders have been sealed... Is this an image of
'Viksit Bharat' where the government is not even able to manage traffic? What
is the point of going on moon when we cannot settle issues on earth," he
asked.
"I want to ask where are those drones now?... The
whole advertisement about digitisation... even then they are not able to give
figures of those who have died during Maha Kumbh or are lost," Yadav said.
BJP MP Hema Malini, who spoke after Yadav, asserted that
she had went to Kumbh and found "everything is perfectly alright"
there.
"They claim that they have double engine government
in Uttar Pradesh but the double engine government is doing double
blunders," he added.
The mega-religious event, organised every 12 years, is
being held in Prayagraj from January 13 and will continue for 45 days.
According to the government figures, over 44 crore
devotees have taken a dip in the Triveni Sangam till February 9. The stampede
took place on the occasion of Mauni Amavasya, one of the most auspicious days
of the Hindu calendar. The Uttar Pradesh government said at least 30 people
lost their lives and 60 were injured in the pre-dawn stampede at the Sangam
area.
Yadav alleged that the budget has focussed on issues which
do not benefit the common man.
"This is a targeted budget, it is focused but it is
only focused on the wealthy and industrialists. It is very clear that in the
country the wealth is concentrated in hands of only few people. The extent is
such that ration is being distributed to 80 crore people in the country,"
he said.
Yadav also attacked the government over the manner in
which over 100 illegal immigrants were deported from the US last week.
"I want to tell Modi ji who is going to the US that
he should get the women and children back with them on a separate plane so at
least they will be deported with some dignity. I want to ask that how such
forgery by agents is happening despite his presence at the top
leadership," he said.
A US military aircraft carrying 104 Indians illegally
staying in the US landed last week in Amritsar, the first such batch of Indians
deported by the Donald Trump administration as part of a crackdown against
illegal immigrants.
Some deportees claimed their hands and legs were cuffed
throughout the journey and they were unshackled only after landing in Amritsar.
