‘Unemployment due to PM Modi’s policies reason for Parliament security breach’: Rahul Gandhi

At least three of the four people arrested in connection with the breach are unemployed, with the families of two saying they were despondent over not getting a job.

VIDEO | “Security breach happened in Lok Sabha. The reason behind this is unemployment and inflation due to PM Modi’s policies,” says Congress leader @RahulGandhi. pic.twitter.com/BFkEAjoZwI

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Mysuru resident Manoranjan D (33), an engineering graduate who worked in an IT firm, was now helping his father with farming; Amol Shinde (25) from Latur had failed to clear Army recruitment; and Neelam Azad (37) from Jind had unsuccessfully appeared for a trained graduate teacher’s job. The fourth, Sagar Sharma (25) from Lucknow, drove an e-rickshaw.

“We are not a prosperous family, but we still educated her. At home, she used to say, ‘I studied too much unnecessarily but did not get a job… It would be better if I die’,” said Azad’s mother Saraswati.

Amol’s mother had also said that he had been depressed due to his failure to clear the Army recruitment. “We don’t know what caused him to do this but he had been feeling dejected as, despite his efforts, he wasn’t getting in. ‘What’s the use of my education and preparation if I can’t get in?’ he used to say.”

The Opposition parties held protests this week over Wednesday’s House security breach, when two men jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the visitors’ gallery, raised slogans and opened canisters that emitted yellow smoke, triggering panic among those present. The Opposition has insisted on a statement from Union Home Minister Amit Shah and a discussion in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.