AGARTALA, Feb 26 (TIWN): Former CPI-M Minister Badal Chowdhury has slammed Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb for his bizarre statements on getting loans mean getting job.

Chowdhury was addressing in Udaipur today in a party programme, raised question on unemployment.

He said, “If anyone asks CM for recruitment issues, he offers to give loans to buy cows”.

According to CMIE report, Tripura unemployment rate which was 28.6% on January, 2020, now jumped more 4% with 32.7%. After Tripura, Delhi is second in unemployment rate but 10% less than Tripura with 22.7%. So far Tripura Govt could not come up with solution to the massive unemployment problem and BJP Govt has forgotten its pre-poll given promise to the unemployment which assured 50,000 Govt jobs in first one year. However, the Chief Minister didn’t mention about the Govt job opportunities in this profession whereas average income of Govt tourist guides at Center also remained around Rs. 15000 to Rs. 18000. Biplab Deb who remains on the peak of controversy due to his irresponsible speeches now has advised youths to earn 30,000 per month by becoming a tourist guide, earlier also he asked youths in similar way to earn 1 lakh per annum by rearing cows and selling milk.