There is talk of growth without any jobs and the government is "funding big guys" when it is the small and medium business people that can create employment, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said Tuesday.
Gandhi, during an interaction with small and medium business people as part of his outreach initiative 'Apni baat Rahul ke saath', also said the small and medium businesses were producing jobs, but not getting the funding they needed.
During the discussion, the common problem that emerged was "poor GST implementation and the monthly reporting mandated by its implementation", a statement said.
Gandhi has been attacking the government over the implementation of the GST, terming it "Gabbar Singh Tax".
"When you listen to TV debates, everybody talks about growth, 'India is growing at 6%, 7%, 8%', but nobody talks about jobs. Where are the jobs? You can have growth with no jobs, which is what is happening right now," he said during the interaction over a south Indian thali lunch at Andhra .
