A video is going viral on social media about a stampede-like situation in Gujarat's Bharuch district after nearly 1800 job seekers turned up for walk-in interviews held by a private company for just 10 posts.

Media reports confirm the incident is from Bharuch district's Ankleshwar region.

Applicants can be seen pushing, shoving, and scrambling to ensure their place in the extremely packed queue outside the company office, which ultimately caused the railing to collapse. Some job seekers jumped off the ramp to avoid injury, while others fell when the railing gave way.

The opposition, particularly the Congress, is slamming the Modi government's "Gujarat model." Congress posted a video criticising the model, and the BJP responded by accusing the Congress of spreading negativity about Gujarat.

Congress posted on X, "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."

Meanwhile Congress' Rahul Gandhi wrote on X, "The 'disease of unemployment' has taken the form of an epidemic in India, and BJP-ruled states have become the 'epicentre' of this disease. The 'future of India' jostling in queues for a common job is the reality of Narendra Modi's 'Amritkal'."

BJP replied in an X post, "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