Nitin Gadkari asks 'where are the jobs', Rahul Gandhi says 'we told you so'

Speaking on Maratha agitation, Gadkari offered mild criticism of the way Marathas, who are seeking reservation and affirmative action in Maharashtra, were conducting their agitation

The law of unintended consequences intervened when Union Minister of roads and generally considered one of the better ministers in the government, Nitin Gadkari made an unguarded observation and the Congress led by party president Rahul Gandhi eagerly seized on it, causing some embarrassment to the government. 

Speaking in Pune on the Maratha agitation, Gadkari, himself an upper caste Brahmin, offered mild criticism of the way Marathas, who are seeking reservation and affirmative action in Maharashtra, were conducting their agitation. “Let's assume the reservation is given. But there are no jobs. Because in banks, the jobs have shrunk because of IT.