Railing Collapses in Gujarat as Thousands of Job Seekers Crowd Hotel for 10 Jobs | VIDEO

New Delhi: A walk-in interview at the Lords Plaza Hotel in Ankleshwar City on Monday resulted in chaos as hundreds of job seekers flocked to the venue for only 10 available positions with a private company. The large crowd quickly became unruly, leading to a dangerous and overcrowded situation.

Videos circulating on social media platforms showed a long queue of job seekers climbing two flights of stairs to reach the interview venue at the Lords Plaza Hotel. As the crowd grew larger, the steel railing outside the entrance couldn't support the pressure and collapsed. Several people fell when the railing gave way, but fortunately, the drop was short and no serious injuries or casualties were reported.

Reports claimed that nearly 1,800 people showed up for the walk-in interview advertised by an engineering company located in the Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation complex in Jhagadia. As per the advertisement, the company was to fill vacancies of shift in-charge, plant operator, supervisor-CDS, fitter-mechanical and executive-ETP at its new plant in Jhagadia industrial area. 

BJP, Congress Spar

The incident, which took place on Tuesday, triggered a verbal duel between the opposition Congress and the ruling BJP. While the Congress said it had exposed the "Gujarat model" (of development that the ruling party talks about), the Bharatiya Janata Party said the former was trying to defame the state through the video.

"As per our information, a company arranged walk-in interviews for nearly 40 vacancies in five different roles. The company booked a hall in a hotel in Ankleshwar expecting some 150 candidates. However, 800 turned up and company officials had to shut the door of the interview hall to control the crowd, which led to the situation shown in the video," Bharuch Superintendent of Police Mayur Chavda said.

No one was injured in the melee and no complaint has come to the police in this regard, Chavda added.

Tagging the video in a post on X, the opposition Congress said, "Gujarat model of Narendra Modi. A huge crowd of unemployed people gathered for a hotel job in Bharuch, Gujarat. The situation became such that the railing of the hotel broke and the Gujarat model was exposed. Narendra Modi is imposing this model of unemployment on the entire country." 

Hitting back, the BJP, in a post on X, said, "Efforts to defame Gujarat are being made through a viral video from Ankleshwar. The advertisement for the walk-in interview clearly states they require experienced candidates. This implies those attending the interview are already employed elsewhere. Therefore, the notion of these individuals being unemployed is baseless." Spreading negativity about Gujarat was a tactic of the Congress, the BJP added.