Karnataka Election 2023: Rahul Gandhi announces unemployment aid guarantee for youth

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday unveiled "Yuva Kranti Samavesha", a youth convention, organised by the party's state unit in Belagavi on Monday.

Addressing the event, Rahul Gandhi said the Karnataka government was the most corrupt in the country and that it was "a 40 per cent commission government".

"During the Bharat Jodo yatra, youths here said that they can't find any jobs here and people complained that this govt is the most corrupt govt in India, that it is a 40% commission government," he said.

Attacking the centre, Rahul said "this country belongs to everyone, does not belong to two to three selected, it is not Adani's".

"Select people, who are BJP's friends, are getting all the benefits. It is leading to corruption," the Wayanad MP alleged.

Gandhi and AICC President M Mallikarjun Kharge, who hails from the state, said an unemployment allowance of Rs 3,000 per month would be given for graduates and Rs 1,500 for diploma holders for two years in the event of the party gaining power in the State, where Assembly elections are due by May.

Gandhi attacked the Basavaraj Bommai government in Karnataka, dubbing it as the "most corrupt government". "It is a 40 per cent commission government," he claimed.

The Congress, on coming to power, will fill up all the government job vacancies in Karnataka, he asserted.

Exuding confidence in the party winning the Assembly election, Gandhi said: "All Congress leaders will fight the Karnataka Assembly election united, Congress will sweep this election."

The Congress has already announced three poll 'guarantees' - 200 units of free power to all households (Gruha Jyoti), Rs 2,000 monthly assistance to the woman head of every family (Gruha Lakshmi), and 10 kg of rice free to every member of a BPL household (Anna Bhagya).

The Congress, which is aiming to come to power with an absolute majority, has set a target of winning at least 150 of the total 224 seats in the Assembly polls.