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Varanasi weavers forced to pledge jewellery, houses to survive: Priyanka Last Updated : 01 Jul 2020 05:11:24 PM IST 
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday took a potshot at the Uttar Pradesh government, alleging that weavers in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency Varanasi "are being forced to pledge their jewellery and houses (to creditors) to survive".
She said that only a concrete financial package can help them surive amid loss of livelihood due to coronavirus pandemic."Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath told the PM at an event that lakhs of jobs are being provided in small and medium industries. But the reality is that weavers, who are the pride of Varanasi, PM's parliamentary constituency, are today forced to live by pledging their jewellery and houses. All their work has come to a standstill during the lockdown," she said in a tweet in Hindi.यूपी सीएम ने पीएम साहब को बुलाकर एक आयोजन कर बताया कि छोटे और मझोले उद्योगों में लाखों रोजगार मिल रहे हैं।
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) July 1, 2020
लेकिन हकीकत देखिए। पीएम के संसदीय क्षेत्र के बुनकर जो वाराणसी की शान हैं, आज गहने और घर गिरवी रखकर गुजारा करने को मजबूर हैं। लॉकडाउन के दौरान..1/2https://t.co/IxKoRC9Ul1Priyanka Gandhi said the condition of small entrepreneurs and artisans is bad."Only a concrete financial package -- and not mere propaganda -- can help them emerge from this crisis," she said, tagging a news report from Varanasi that said that weavers are being forced to pledge their jewellery and houses to survive.यूपी सीएम ने पीएम साहब को बुलाकर एक आयोजन कर बताया कि छोटे और मझोले उद्योगों में लाखों रोजगार मिल रहे हैं।
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) July 1, 2020
लेकिन हकीकत देखिए। पीएम के संसदीय क्षेत्र के बुनकर जो वाराणसी की शान हैं, आज गहने और घर गिरवी रखकर गुजारा करने को मजबूर हैं। लॉकडाउन के दौरान..1/2https://t.co/IxKoRC9Ul1
...उनका पूरा काम ठप हो गया। छोटे व्यवसायियों और कारीगरों की हालत बहुत खराब है। हवाई प्रचार नहीं, आर्थिक मदद का ठोस पैकेज ही इन्हें इस तंगहाली से निकाल सकता है। 2/2
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) July 1, 2020
Her remarks came five days after the Chief Minister claimed to have launched a programme to ensure jobs to over 1.25 crore people in the state.On Tuesday, she accused the state of trying to cover up "massive unemployment" through advertisements, and said the ground reality was far different as 1.5 lakh residents have left the state in search of employment.IANS New Delhi For Latest Updates Please-
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