It is wrong to link the incident of security lapse in Parliament with inflation and unemployment.

Recently, two youths jumped onto the MPs’ table from the audience gallery of the Lok Sabha. A young man took something out from his shoe and yellow smoke spread inside the house. The accused were caught by the police. Congress and BJP are at loggerheads over the lapse in security of Parliament. The media asked questions to former Congress President and MP leader Rahul Gandhi on the security lapse in Parliament. He said that there has definitely been a security breach, but the biggest reason for this is unemployment and inflation. Due to Modi ji’s policies the youth of the country are not getting employment. It was natural for BJP to react after Rahul’s statement.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has also cornered the BJP and said that the accused who jumped from the visitor’s gallery in the Lok Sabha wanted to draw the country’s attention to the problem of unemployment. In such a situation, the important question is whether there should be politics in this serious and sensitive matter? Is unemployment actually the reason for this incident?

Investigating agencies are busy interrogating the accused. Hopefully the truth will also come out in a few days. But prima facie the opposition parties seem to be defending the accused with their statements. In fact, the rhetoric of prominent leaders of opposition parties seems to be part of a well-thought-out strategy. The layers of preparation that the opposition is making to corner the Modi government by portraying the youth who carried out terrorist incidents as suffering from unemployment and frustrated, are gradually being revealed.

There is no doubt that the opposition and the Indian alliance made every effort to defeat the BJP in the assembly elections of five states. But the sensible public did justice by clearly identifying the policy and intentions of the opposition. The defeat that the voters have given to the Congress in three states of the Hindi belt has given a deep blow to the Congress. Samajwadi Party also had high hopes in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. But this time his performance was very disappointing. In such a situation, the opposition and especially the parties involved in the India Alliance are not able to understand how they will compete with the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. What issue and agenda will he take to the public in the Lok Sabha elections?

In fact, in its desperation to get power away from public concerns, the opposition does not have any big issue to corner the Modi government. In such a situation, the entire emphasis of the opposition is to tarnish the image of the Modi government by any means possible. Any effort should awaken in the public’s mind a feeling of anger and disrespect instead of love, affection and support for Modi. Within four days of the Parliament incident, it has become clear from the statements of the leaders of the opposition parties and the faces of their sympathizers that these youth with terrorist mentality are just pawns of some conspiratorial force.

Ever since the Modi government came to power in the country in 2014, various anti-national forces have been trying to tarnish the image of the country and the Modi government on one pretext or the other. There is a gang in the country which is provided fertilizers and water by forces inside and outside the country. At the behest of anti-national forces, these gangs work to corner the Modi government and tarnish the reputation of the country, sometimes through Shaheen Bagh, sometimes through the farmers’ movement and sometimes through the wrestler’s movement. This gang tried its best to spread anarchy in the country during demonetization, removal of Article 370 and also during the Covid period. But the public did not fall under their influence.

The aim of this gang is to create an atmosphere of instability and anarchy in the country by any means. By doing this, they want to succeed in their plans of gaining power by blaming the bad conditions and incidents of the country and blaming the Modi government. This gang has opposed every step taken in the interest of the country, from Parliament to the streets. But the public has now started understanding the tactics and tricks of this anti-national gang. That’s why she doesn’t fall into their trap. The wisdom shown by the public in the recent assembly elections cannot be praised enough.

The opposition cleverly wants to instigate the youth by linking the terrorist incident in Parliament with unemployment. He wants that before the Lok Sabha elections, the youth should take to the streets and protest against the government by protesting, so that the image of the government can be strengthened and they can capitalize on the anger of the people in their favor in the elections. Unemployment is not a problem that has arisen in the last ten years. Congress has been in power in the country for six decades and in the states for the longest period. The work done to deal with unemployment during the tenure of Congress is in front of everyone. If Congress had worked properly on this problem during its long tenure, the problem of unemployment would not have been so huge and serious today. But when there is opposition just for the sake of protest, then logic, facts and serious questions take a back seat.

Today Rahul and Akhilesh Yadav are harping on youth unemployment, they should tell the country how seriously they took steps regarding this issue when their parties were in power. There are approximately three crore government employees in central, state and public enterprises. There are 70 crore youth in India. Government jobs are only in lakhs. This complexity and situation has to be understood. Unemployment is not the problem of any one person or family, but a matter of national concern. But instead of having a logical discussion on any serious issue, political parties have to instigate people to fulfill their own interests. By linking persons of terrorist character with a serious issue like unemployment, the opposition has made its policy and intention clear that it has nothing to do with unemployment. His aim is only to gain power by riding on the shoulders of unemployed youth.

Two people were involved in the incident outside Parliament. Neelam’s age is 42 years. They are very angry because Modi government has increased unemployment. But why was she unemployed till 2014? He was not angry at being unemployed until the age of 32. Anmol is 25 years old. Sagar Sharma, the young man who jumped from the audience gallery in Lok Sabha, is only 12th pass. And the second youth, Manoranjan D, is 35 years old. Lalit Jha, who is said to be the mastermind of this incident, is 40 years old. He was over 30 years old when the Modi government came to power. He should have got a job. Youth leader of Congress Party, Rahul Gandhi should tell why the UPA government did not give job to Lalit Jha, why did he keep him unemployed? Anyway Lalit was not unemployed. Along with his job as a teacher, he was also the general secretary of an NGO named Neelaksh.

The lapse in security of Parliament is a serious matter. It is fortunate that no untoward incident happened. There is not the slightest doubt that the Parliament attack is a conspiracy to spread anarchy in India. This has nothing to do with unemployment. Political parties should do positive politics not only on youth but on every issue related to the common man. While in power, efforts should be made towards concrete solutions to those issues. Political parties should desist from the corrupt politics of instigating public sentiments only to achieve political objectives and creating an atmosphere of anarchy in the country.

-Dr. Ashish Vashishtha

(The author is an independent journalist and columnist)