Stick to Micky Mouse interviews: BJP slams Rahul over PSU job comment

New Delhi: The BJP on Sunday strongly lashed out at Rahul Gandhi for claiming that more than two lakh jobs have been "eliminated" from PSUs, and asked him to focus on doing "Mickey Mouse kind of interviews" instead of trying to look intelligent by talking about issues which he doesn't understand.

BJP’s sharp reaction came after the senior congress leader in his long tweet in Hindi said that more than two lakh jobs have been "eliminated" from public sector undertakings (PSUs) and alleged that hopes of lakhs of youth are being "trampled upon" by the government for the benefit of a few "crony capitalist friends".

He also tweeted, that the PSUs used to be the pride of India and the dream of every youth for employment but today, they are "not the priority of the government".

BJP IT department head Amit Malviya hit back saying that the truth is that the Narendra Modi government has reformed the PSUs and currently doing much better than they did under the Congress-led UPA rule.

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"You ran a vicious campaign against HAL, SBI and LIC too, eventually to look stupid, when each of these PSUs posted super profits. You are once again mutilating data to suit your devious agenda,” Malviya said in a long tweet in response to Gandhi’s tweet.

The BJP leader said that in 2013, the total number of those employed with public sector enterprises (PSEs) stood at 20.3 lakh and the same number, as on 2022, was 19.8 lakh, “despite rationalisation in BSNL and MTNL, and Air India's disinvestment”.

Additionally, as part of the Mission Recruitment, CPSEs have added over 20,000 new jobs since June last year, which will reflect in this year's tally, he added.

"You, Rahul Gandhi, should focus on doing Mickey Mouse kind of interviews with your Papa's colleagues, who are still indebted to the Gandhi family, for the largesse received," Malviya said in his tweet.

"You should not try to look intelligent by talking about jobs etc because you understand nothing about these things. You should stick to doing choreographed interviews, which can be edited later, to remove bloopers and make you look reasonable," he added.

Malviya also accused the Congress of insincere concern for PSUs, blaming the party's past policies for the downfall of the PSUs and the wastage of taxpayers' money meant for healthcare and education.

He said that Congress should stop shedding “crocodile tears” over the state of affairs of PSUs, alleging that “poorly-conceived policies” of the erstwhile Congress-led UPA government have brought down “countless PSUs and sunk taxpayers' money”, which could have been used for health and education.

“Due to massive corruption and foolish policies, Air India and BSNL were decimated under the UPA government,” he alleged. PSUs have been given “far greater freedom” under the Modi government, the BJP leader said.

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