Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Jan 7: Expressing deep anguish over the continuous neglect in employment sector with the youth of Jammu region, ex-MLA and NPP president Balwant Singh Mankotia today disclosed that party leadership has decided to launch chain hunger strike from January 15, 2018 to end discrimination with the educated youth of Jammu region.
While addressing the party workers in presence of Chairman Harsh Dev Singh and Youth president Yashpal Kundal at Jammu office, Balwant Singh Mankotia made a scathing attack on PDP-BJP coalition Government for its failure and biased approach towards the educated youth of Jammu region. Party leaders discussed the issue of unemployment, SRO 202, SRO 506 and continuous neglect in Government jobs. He claimed that Government is providing 10 percent share to Jammu youth while 90 percent to youth of Kashmir since the formation of BJP-PDP coalition Government.
The NPP president demanded that Government should abolish the SRO 202 and provide full salary to the youth joining Government job rather than half salary for five years and appoint them as permanent employee in various departments. He also blamed that BJP ministers were behaving like a B team of the coalition Government and resentment is brewing among masses.
Mankotia also termed the SRO 520 as an eyewash and alleged that the Government has deceived the temporary/daily wager employees. He asked the Government to make amendments in the said SRO and regularize them as permanent employees and provide the due salary.
The NPP leaders also discussed the upcoming Panchayat elections in State and chalked out strategy to strengthen the party at grassroot level and become stronger in State. They decided to launch aggressive movement for separate Jammu State demand to seek right and justice.
Others, who addressed the gathering, included P K Ganjoo, Anita Thakur, Shankar Chib, Rajesh Padgotra, Rajesh Gorkha, Gagan Pratap Singh, Parshotam Parihar, Rehmat Choudhary, Sewa Singh Bali, Ishfaq Rana, Mushtaq Choudhary, Robin Sharma, Sanjeet Sharma, Rajeshwar Singh, Daleep Singh, Zorawar Singh, Neeraj Gupta, Desh Rattan Pandita, Shiv Charan Singh, Basharat Ali, Rajender Manjoo and Ramesh Khajuria.
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