Terming ‘Make in India’ a “failure”, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said that “manufacturing was at record lows and unemployment had surged in the country”. Interacting with technicians in Delhi’s Nehru Place, Gandhi said most products like mobiles are being “assembled” and “not being built” in India
“In Nehru Place, New Delhi, I met Shivam and Saif – bright, skilled, full of promise – yet denied the opportunity to fulfil it,” he wrote along a video he posted of the interaction on X.
“Modi ji has mastered the art of slogans, not solutions. Since 2014, manufacturing has fallen to 14% of our economy. ‘Make in India’ promised a factory boom. So why is manufacturing at record lows, youth unemployment at record highs, and why have imports from China more than doubled? Since 2014, manufacturing has fallen to 14 per cent of our economy,” he said.
“The truth is stark: we assemble, we import, but we don’t build. China profits. With no new ideas, Modi ji has surrendered. Even the much-hyped PLI scheme is now being quietly rolled back. India needs a fundamental shift – one that empowers lakhs of producers through honest reforms and financial support.
We must stop being a market for others. If we don’t build here, we’ll keep buying from those who do, he said, warning that clock is ticking,” he added.
