Gujarat job claims: It is Vijay Rupani's data vs Legislative Assembly data

Gujarat CM said the state government had provided more than 200,000 government jobs but responses given in the Legislative Assembly for the period of 2016-2020 say otherwise

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, while presiding over a function in Surat on the occasion of Rojgar Divas on August 6, 2021, said the state government had provided more than 200,000 government jobs in the past five years.
 
In the same release that quoted Rupani, another number was cited. "The Gujarat government has provided government jobs to 300,000 lakh,” read the release.
 
Rupani added that the government provided job opportunities to 1.7 million by organising 2,088 job fairs in the state during the past five years.
 
Responses given by the state's Labour & Employment Department in the