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So if Alpesh Thakor and Hardik Patel were able to mobilize people purely because they had no jobs is it the same with Anna Hazare ? What about Karni Sena ??
Also if 75 lakh new EPPO accounts were opened – does that mean 75 lakh jobs were not created ? Are jobless people opening Pension accounts ?
Instead of posing idiotic arguments like this – chidhambhram should come out with something real. Simply saying that China is creating 150 lakh jobs is meaningless – China is a manufacturing powerhouse. How many of the 150 lakh jobs are selling dumplings ?
So if Alpesh Thakor and Hardik Patel were able to mobilize people purely because they had no jobs is it the same with Anna Hazare ? What about Karni Sena ??
Also if 75 lakh new EPPO accounts were opened – does that mean 75 lakh jobs were not created ? Are jobless people opening Pension accounts ?
Instead of posing idiotic arguments like this – chidhambhram should come out with something real. Simply saying that China is creating 150 lakh jobs is meaningless – China is a manufacturing powerhouse. How many of the 150 lakh jobs are selling dumplings ?