BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday said the Narendra Modi led dispensation is working towards eradicating unemployment through its holistic and multi- dimensional policies as the country had an "army of unemployed youth" during the previous UPA government.
"We are fortunate that India is full of youth. However, due to the wrong policies of previous government, it had an army of unemployed youth, and it was becoming a liability for the country," Shah said.
"However, the Narendra Modi government brought holistic and multi-dimensional policies such as 'Skill India', 'Mudra Bank', 'Start-Up India' and 'Stand-up India' in last two years and has been working towards eradication of unemployment," he said.
Shah was addressing a convention here of Pramod Mahajan Skill and Entrepreneurship Mission, a state government initiative on the lines of the Centre's 'Skill India'.
"Today, majority of people are dependent on agriculture. However, the farming sector is not profitable and that is why to lessen the dependency on farming, the Skill India, Stand Up India, Start up India schemes were launched.
"All these schemes are directly related to the 'Make In India' initiative, which is being instrumental in eradicating unemployment," said Shah, who was welcomed at Bal Gandharv auditorium here amid 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' slogans by BJP workers and others.
He said before the present NDA rule the country was trapped in uncertainty for 30 years, and after all these years, the Modi government, which got complete mandate, is working towards resurrection of the nation.
"To fight the issues in any nation, political will and determination play a major role and God has imparted such will and determination abundantly to Modiji," he said.
Taking a dig at the Congress, the BJP president said during previous government, the GDP's definition was restricted only to industrialisation, production, infrastructure and jobs.
However, the Modi government transformed the definition and widened its scope by linking it to social and women empowerment by providing free gas connections to poor, toilets, LPG subsidy and several other things, he said.
Nearly 20 AAP workers from the party's local unit were detained when they staged a protest outside the venue where Shah was speaking.
