{"id":10142,"date":"2026-08-08T15:39:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=10142"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:39:11","slug":"dard-data-daulat-rahul-gandhi-targets-centre-over-unemployment-at-chhatron-ki-goonj-event-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=10142","title":{"rendered":"‘Dard, data, daulat’: Rahul Gandhi targets Centre over unemployment at \u2018Chhatron Ki Goonj\u2019 event | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Rahul Gandhi addresses the gathering during the ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ program, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi<\/a> on Saturday described India\u2019s youth as the country\u2019s biggest strength, but said a lack of jobs, expensive education, paper leaks, poor access to credit and the growing use of AI were holding them back.Speaking at the \u2018Chhatron Ki Goonj\u2019 programme at KP Ground in Prayagraj, Rahul told the gathering, \u201cYou are power and pride of India; when I say this, I talk about every Indian citizen.\u201d He said he wanted to speak about \u201cdard (pain), data, and daulat (wealth)\u201d, framing his address around the problems facing young Indians and the economic resources he believes should belong to them.Rahul said India\u2019s nearly 40 crore young people were its \u201cgreatest strength\u201d, adding that while there was much discussion about America, China and Russia, \u201cIndia\u2019s youth [are] unparalleled.\u201d He argued that the country’s future would depend on the potential of its young population and the data they generate.He said artificial intelligence was also built on people\u2019s data and argued that this data should be treated as an asset belonging to Indians. Rahul criticised the growing use of AI in discussions about employment, saying technological changes could further threaten jobs unless young people benefited from the economy being built around their data.Rahul also spoke about his connection to Prayagraj, describing the city as his family\u2019s home and recalling its past as an important educational centre. He said Allahabad University had once been among the country’s best universities.Rahul said young Indians were being trapped in a \u201cchakravyuh\u201d, with education becoming increasingly expensive while degrees often failed to translate into jobs.\u201cToday, education certificates have no meaning in India because they cannot give you job,\u201d he said, arguing that students could spend years and large amounts of money on education without finding meaningful employment.Rahul said the problems extended across several routes into the workforce. \u201cAll doors of employment are closed in India,\u201d he said, pointing to a decline in manufacturing, difficulties in securing loans, government-exam paper leaks and AI-driven job losses.\u201cDecline in manufacturing, hard-to-come-by loans, paper leaks, AI replacing jobs \u2013 all this is hurting India’s youth,\u201d Rahul said.He blamed demonetisation and GST for hurting small industries, alleged that banks were failing to provide adequate credit to small and medium businesses, and criticised the privatisation of public-sector companies. He also argued that AI could further reduce corporate employment while young Indians were increasingly pushed towards gig work.Rahul framed these problems as part of what he called the broader \u201csystem\u201d, arguing that economic and political power had become concentrated among a small number of people. He linked this to his criticism of large corporations, the government and the RSS, alleging that they exercised disproportionate influence over India’s institutions.<\/p>\n

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