Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 1: Terming youth as the vehicle of change and main source of success, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president, Mehbooba Mufti called upon them to use their energies, potential in shaping a new political order in Jammu & Kashmir which shall be based on truth and honesty.
Addressing a one day youth convention of PDP Youth Wing at the Party Headquartes, organized by vice president Rajender Manhas, Mehbooba Mufti said historically it has been the youth which were responsible for bringing social and political revolutions in different societies across the world. She said youth have all the talent, potential to change the entire outlook of the State which shall guarantee a system where every section of the society will feel empowered enough, but they need to be given chance in the system to find their worth. She said, unfortunately, the youth have become the main victim of post independence political victimization and State repression, with the result they couldn’t realize their real talent, and it is the PDP’s vision to involve them in governance system to establish an honest and accountable structure in J&K.
Mehbooba said the ruling dispensation has miserably failed to address the genuine grievances of the youth with the result they are feeling disillusioned with the system. She said there was an immediate need to understand the anger, frustration of youth and instead of doing that the NC-led government created a system which is fully loaded against them. Referring to the BOPEE scam, she said the tainted person; Mustaq Peer was given extensions after extension, by the Government, besides serious charges of corruption and other malpractices pending against him both at the Kashmir University, where he (Peer) has served earlier and at the BOPEE.
She said not only this the Government has re-employed more than 400 corrupt bureaucrats with a monthly salary of millions of rupees, and the educated youth is asked to work for Rs 3000 per month, which is quite humiliating and insulting. She said youth need meaningful, respectable job avenues and the PDP, with the help of renowned subject experts, has formulated a comprehensive youth empowerment plan which shall take care of their every need.
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