Sonia Gandhi concerned over the unemployment among the youth

Development means overall welfare of the people; that is the belief of Sonia Gandhi, the Congress President and UPA Chairperson. She wants employment for the youth, satisfactory living conditions for the farmers, welfare of the workers, benefits for the tribals and empowerment of the women.

Sonia Gandhi was very much concerned over the unemployment among the youth. NREGA was a step to address this issue. She also raised this issue in Gujarat during her campaign and questioned state government’s development claims.  Sonia Gandhi had asked, “Lots of youth are jobless in the state. The health and education facilities are insufficient here.  My sisters in this state have been facing atrocities because of the worsening law and order situation in the state. Why all these happening here? If the government had given attention to your problems, you would not have faced so many problems”.  She said so because she knew that if a government is serious towards the issues of the people, it can definitely frame policies to tackle those.

“Farmers have committed suicide. There is no water or electricity available,” she added. The Saurashtra region, which has 52 Assembly seats, saw a spate of suicides by farmers following poor monsoon this year. The Congress had announced Rs 1 lakh compensation to kin of each of the deceased farmers.