"Historical, geographical truth..." Congress MP Pramod Tiwari supports LoP's 'unemployment' remarks

New Delhi: Following Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi's remarks on "unemployment," Congress MP Pramod Tiwari said that the statement made by the latter is based on data and is historical, geographical truth.
"Rahul Gandhi has gone there to deliver an address, present his views. It is a reality that in the last 10 years, the country has faced the highest-ever unemployment in 40 years. This has been done by the BJP. This is a historical truth, a geographical truth and a truth based on data," Pramod Tiwari told ANI.
Reacting to Union Minister Giriraj Singh's statement on Rahul Gandhi 's remark on RSS, Pramod Tiwari said that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi always criticised RSS "communalism."
"We have worked with Indira ji (Indira Gandhi). She had very strong thinking about RSS - that communalism should not spread in society, something which RSS keeps doing to benefit the BJP. I would like to tell Giriraj Singh clearly that Indira ji always criticised their communalism and bias," he added.
Earlier today, Giriraj Singh said that the Congress will have to take many births to learn about RSS, adding that the Sangh is born from the values and culture of India.
"If there is any technology to go to his grandmother and ask her about the role of RSS, then go and ask or look in the pages of history. To know about RSS, Rahul Gandhi will have to take many births. A traitor cannot know RSS. Those who go abroad and criticise the country cannot know RSS. It seems that Rahul Gandhi goes abroad only to defame India. Rahul Gandhi will not be able to understand RSS in this birth. RSS is born from the values and culture of India," Giriraj Singh said.
Earlier on Sunday, Rahul Gandhi spoke about issues faced by the youth due to unemployment and said that the act of production creates jobs.
"The West has an employment problem. India has an employment problem... But many countries in the world don't have an employment problem. China certainly doesn't have an employment problem. Vietnam doesn't have an employment problem. So there are places on the planet that are not struggling with unemployment. There's a reason. If you look at the United States in the 1940s, 50s and 60s, they were the centre of global production. Anything that was made, cars, washing machines, TVs, all made in the United States. Production moved from the United States. It went to Korea, it went to Japan. Eventually, it went to China. If you look today, China is dominating global production... So what has happened? The West, America, Europe, and India have given up on the idea of production and they've handed it to China. The act of production creates jobs. What we do, what the Americans do, what the West does, is we organise consumption," he said.
Rahul Gandhi further said that the RSS believes India is one idea and Congress believes that India is a multiplicity of ideas.
"The RSS believes that India is one idea and we believe that India is a multiplicity of ideas and we believe, by the way, very much like the United States, we believe that everybody should be allowed to participate. We believe that everybody should be allowed to dream. Everybody should be given space regardless of their caste, language, religion, tradition, or history. This is the fight and the fight was crystallised in the election when millions of people in India clearly understood that the Prime Minister of India is attacking the Constitution of India because what I am saying to you, union of states, respect to languages, respect to religions, respect to traditions, respect to castes. This is all in the Constitution," he said.
Rahul Gandhi arrived in Dallas, Texas, on Sunday for his three-day US visit. The Congress MP was welcomed at the airport by Sam Pitroda, Chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress, and members of the Indian diaspora.