Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 16: Former minister and senior Congress leader Raman Bhalla today claimed that after the formation of the BJP Govt, the unemployed Jammu youth continue to bear the brunt of the most discriminatory agenda of their rule.
While addressing gathering of youth in Gandhi Nagar constituency, Bhalla alleged that BJP leadership betrayed the educated unemployed youth from Jammu region. He said that BJP has always exploited the sentiments of youth by making false promises every time particularly during elections but practically they did nothing. Its real face stood exposed during past five years.
Bhalla strongly criticized the employment policy and showed deep concern over the employment policy adopted by the BJP Government which is totally against the interest of educated unemployed youth especially from Jammu.
“This policy leads harassment and ultimately exploitation of educated youth and serves no propose. As the unemployed youth are already suffering a lot due to disturbance in J&K for more than two decades, this is a mockery with the youth to engage them temporarily for seven years both in Gazetted and Non-Gazetted cadre, ” he added.
Congress leader said the youth are feeling cheated as promises made to them were either broken or unapologetically abandoned. “The same promises were then bartered without any inhibitions for personal and familial political empowerment of a few people while our hardworking, honest and sincere young men and women were let down and left to the mercy of uncertainty and turmoil,” he said.
Bhalla said it is very unfortunate that the regularization of daily wagers/causal labours working in various departments is still pending despite a lot of hue and cry of employees associations and political parties. He supported demands of teachers engaged on contractual basis, lecturers and daily wagers working in different departments.
“Due to unemployment, marriages are not held at a proper time. It also causes depression and pushes youths towards drug addiction. It affects families and society as well. One of the causes behind the rising trend of drug addiction in J&K is unemployment. When there are no jobs, it impacts society negatively,” Bhalla regretted.
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