A video went viral on social media and Gujarati media on July 11 claiming that a large crowd of educated but unemployed youth gathered at a private company at Ankleshwar. Visuals showed a large number of men struggling to stand in a small space and eventually, the railing collapses due to the crowd pushing and shoving each other.
The interview and the rush is true, however, the video has been shared with misleading claims. It is being claimed that this demonstrates the high number of qualified yet unemployed individuals in the state. The Congress party and the Gujarati media started their usual propaganda with inaccurate information.
The official X handle of Congress used the video of crowd for political attack against Modi. According to the post headlined “Narendra Modi’s Gujarat model,” the Modi administration is allegedly causing an increase in unemployment nationwide. It added, “Many jobless individuals congregated at a hotel in Bharuch, Gujarat, hoping to find work. The hotel’s railing collapsed as a result of the situation, exposing the Gujarat model. This is the model of unemployment that Narendra Modi is imposing on the nation.” Furthermore, hundreds of Congress supporters reposted the clip with the same description and questioned the Bharatiya Janata Party administration.
नरेंद्र मोदी का गुजरात मॉडल
— Congress (@INCIndia) July 11, 2024
गुजरात के भरूच में एक होटल की नौकरी के लिए बेरोजगारों की भारी भीड़ जुट गई.
हालात ऐसे बने कि होटल की रेलिंग टूट गई और गुजरात मॉडल की पोल खुल गई.
नरेंद्र मोदी इसी बेरोजगारी के मॉडल को पूरे देश पर थोप रहे हैं. pic.twitter.com/1GPXkqeMsk
Reports with similar allegations were also published by a few prominent media houses in Gujarat and elsewhere. Media outlets such as Gujarat Samachar and Divya Bhaskar also alleged that unemployed youth in Gujarat struggled to get jobs and a railing was broken. The X handle of “Jamawat” a channel that has earlier spread fake news, also posted the footage and claimed that “a crowd of unemployed people had assembled.”
અંકલેશ્વરમાં એક પ્રાઈવેટ કંપનીએ રાખ્યો વોક ઈન ઈન્ટરવ્યુ, ઈન્ટરવ્યુ આપવા બેરોજગારોની ઉમટી પડી ભીડ? ભીડ એટલી બધી હતી કે હોટલની રેલિંગ તૂટી ગઈ : Video Viral થયો
— Jamawat (@Jamawat3) July 11, 2024
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.#Gujarat #Bharuch #Private #Company #Interview #Crowd #Jamawat #Jamawatupdate pic.twitter.com/cpaevHBT5g
The truth behind the viral video
Notably, as soon as the video surfaced, the advertisement clip of the company conducting the interview also went viral and the disinformation was exposed. It was uploaded by the official handle of BJP Gujarat too. The advert was not for fresher candidates. The claims of ‘high number of qualified but jobless youth’ would have been logical if the jobs on offer in the interview were fresher level jobs. But the company advert clearly stated that the interview is for candidates with years of experience in chemical factory.
અંકલેશ્વરના આ વાઇરલ વીડિયો દ્વારા ગુજરાતને બદનામ કરવાના પ્રયાસો થઈ રહ્યા છે.
— BJP Gujarat (@BJP4Gujarat) July 11, 2024
વોક-ઈન ઈન્ટરવ્યૂ માટે જે જાહેરાત પ્રસિદ્ધ કરવામાં આવી હતી, તેમાં જ લખ્યું છે કે તેઓને અનુભવી ઉમેદવારોની જરૂર છે. આ વાતનો અર્થ એ થાય કે ઇન્ટરવ્યૂ આપવા આવેલા ઉમેદવારો અનુભવી છે અને તેઓ બીજે ક્યાંક નોકરી… https://t.co/Ovgq16G2HT pic.twitter.com/Of2qCpXTd3
The job was offered by a chemical company and it was mentioned that they were setting up a new plant at Zaghadia GIDC and wanted “experienced” persons. The job posting makes it quite obvious that candidates with three to ten years of experience are to apply. Candidates with 6 to 10 years of experience for the position of a shift in charge, 3 to 8 years as a plant operator, 3 to 8 years as a mechanical fitter, 4 to 7 years as a DSC supervisor and 4 to 7 years for ETP executives are being sought after by the company.
All of these young individuals might be working somewhere else currently and appeared for the interview in hopes of finding better opportunities. That the venue was unequipped to handle a large number of applicants maybe a management issue. But claiming that there are a large number of qualified young men in Gujarat without any job opportunities is a misleading statement.
