Lifting
ban on jobs
Sir,
I hail the
announcement of the Prime Minister
lifting the ban on jobs imposed by the
MoU between the Centre and the state
Govt. Infact, I was the first to raise
this issue in my keynote address on the
occasion of celebration of inclusion of
Dogri language in the 8th schedule at
Abhinav Theatre where, among others,
Madam Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh Ji,
Mufti Saheb and Pt. Mangat Ram Sharma
were present. I had said the following:-
"In
the matter of providing jobs to the
educated unemployed youth of the State
the record of the coalition Govt. of the
State has been disappointing. Thousands
of medical, engineering and agriculture
graduates are without jobs, because of
the doors of the statutory recruiting
agencies, the PSC and the Service
Selection Board, have been shut against
them. The excuse is some mystical MoU
between the Centre and the State.
I appeal
to the State Govt. to lift the ban on
Govt Jobs as has been done recently by
the Rajasthan Govt."
In her
public speech at Parade Ground, Madan
Sonia Ji supported my plea. Howevers,
Mufti Sahab had some reservations on the
subject. In a reception at Raj Bhawan a
few days letter, Mufti Saheb said to me,
"Puri Saheb, I wanted to reply to
the point raised by you at the function
at Abhinav Theatre, but I couldn't due to
paucity of time."
Subsequently,
when I read in the newspapers that during
their meetings with the Prime Minister,
both the Chief Minister and the Deputy
Chief Minister repeatedly requested him
to withdraw the MoU putting a ban on
jobs, I felt very happy.
But with
Prime Minister's public announcement
today that the MoU will not apply to the
J&K State, my joy knew no bounds. I
felt as if a dream had come true.
Yours etc...
M R Puri
Ex-Vice Chancellor
Jammu University
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