Perturbed over the Govt.’s announcement of major employment package for J&K youth turning into a hoax, Mr. Harsh Dev Singh, Chairman JKNPP and former Minister today said that it has not only added to existing unemployment but has had a demoralizing effect upon the educated aspiring youth of the erstwhile State. “Post abrogation of article 370, the BJP leadership and ex-Governor of J&K had announced 50,000 jobs for the youth which was supposed to be filled within two to three months last year. What happened to the grandiloquent promise? Where is the employment package?, questioned Harsh adding that it too had turned as another Jumla of BJP. He was addressing a press conference in Jammu.
Accusing the BJP govt. of having jeopardized the careers of J&K unemployed youth, Mr. Singh said that its job announcements during the past few years were like a mirage in the deserts. “The J&K govt. was hardly advertising any new posts to fill up the vacancies in govt. departments despite the ever growing number of unemployed educated youth year after year. In August last year, Ex-Governor had categorically announced that 50,000 posts would be created and filled up besides existing vacancies in the govt departments and the exercise would be completed within couple of months in addition to providing job opportunities in Army, BSF, CRPF and other paramilitary forces. Ironically, the employment phantasmagoria shown to the youth has only proved to be a ‘Kesari Jumla’. The trauma of the youth was further aggravated when the J&K administration sprinkled salts on their wounds by advertising a few existing posts/jobs on all India basis”, regretted Singh. He further expressed concern over the termination of several casual, DRW and CP workers in various departments besides non payment of wages to PHE workers for months together thus forcing them to take to streets.
Lambasting the BJP for diminishing and marring the career prospects of J&K youth, Mr. Singh said that it should get prepared to face the fury of youth who had been cajoled and lured by its seductive slogans. He further warned the govt of the volcanic consequences in case the J&K jobs were opened to outsiders without protecting the interests of the local youth.
Mr. Gagan Partap Singh, State Secretary JKNPP, Mr. Shanker Dass, Ex-Sarpanch, Mr. Yash Paul Gupta and Mr. Amarjeet Singh senior NPP leaders were also present in the press conference.