PM Modi’s birthday should be celebrated as “national unemployment day": Sitaram Yechury

Slamming BJP for celebrating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday through three weeks of celebrations, CPI-M Polit Bureau member Sitaram Yechury on Friday said that Modi’s birthday should be celebrated as “national unemployment day.”

“The condition of the country is precarious and the unemployment scenario is affecting the youth. The youth are saying that Modi’s birthday should be celebrated as the national unemployment day.”

“The unemployment scenario has been pathetic from the time BJP came to power. In 2016-17, the youth unemployment rate was 15.66%. In August 2021, it rose to 32.03%. If one in three youth is unemployed in a country, then what will happen.The rate is one of the highest in the world, Yechury claimed.


“We never saw this kind of celebration earlier. The trend is such that the rich are getting richer and vice versa. The money spent on advertisements and propaganda could be given to people and spent on vaccination,” he said.