Archive · 19 Sep 2026
Giriraj Singh Praises Modi’s Employment Record, Criticizes Rahul Gandhi
Giriraj Singh praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for helping create jobs and reduce poverty.
He called Modi a “karma yogi,” meaning someone who works through action and duty.
Singh said India has about 35 crore EPFO members.
He also said there are around 2.5 lakh start-ups employing many young people.
According to Singh, the poverty rate has fallen from 21 per cent to about 3 per cent.
He said people should not think that only government jobs count as employment.
Singh compared India’s consumer growth with shortages in neighbouring Pakistan.
He also criticized Rahul Gandhi for campaigning about exam-paper leaks and for past actions in Parliament.
The report presents Singh’s claims and criticisms without including a response from Congress or Gandhi.
Union minister Giriraj Singh praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership during remarks in Patna.
Singh said India now has about 35 crore Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation members and 2.5 lakh start-ups.
He claimed the share of people living in poverty had fallen from 21 per cent to around 3 per cent.
Singh argued that employment now extends beyond government jobs and credited start-ups with employing millions of young people.
He criticized Rahul Gandhi over his youth campaign on exam-paper leaks and recalled Gandhi tearing an ordinance draft in 2013.
- Who
- Union minister Giriraj Singh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, and the Congress party.
- What
- Singh praised Modi’s employment and poverty-reduction record while criticizing Gandhi and the Congress.
- When
- Saturday, September 19.
- Where
- Patna, after Singh attended the latest PM Rozgar Mela edition virtually.
- Why
- Singh was defending the Modi government’s record on employment and development while attacking Congress’s earlier governance and Gandhi’s current campaign on exam-paper leaks.
- Speaker
- Giriraj Singh, Union minister for textiles and Begusarai MP
- EPFO membership
- About 35 crore members, according to Singh
- Start-ups
- Around 2.5 lakh start-ups, which Singh said employ millions of young people
- Poverty claim
- Singh said the share of people living in poverty fell from 21 per cent to around 3 per cent
- Event
- The latest edition of the PM Rozgar Mela
- Political criticism
- Singh criticized Rahul Gandhi’s campaign on exam-paper leaks and cited Gandhi’s 2013 tearing of an ordinance draft