Come with concrete job policy for the youth of J&K: Vakil

Former Minister Abdul Gani Vakil addressing workers meeting in Rafiabad.
Former Minister Abdul Gani Vakil addressing workers meeting in Rafiabad.

Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Jan 19: Senior vice-president People’s Conference (PC) and former minister Abdul Gani Vakil today   said that  promises made by Union Territory Government for the unemployment youth have proved to be hoax pushing the youth to the wall.
Addressing the workers convention in Drusoo, Rafiabad in north Kashmir’s Baramulla and said promises and  claims made by the Government for thousands of  educated youth have not yielded any results so far.
” The previous Governor Satya Pal Malik during his tenure had promised employment to 50,000 youth in J&K  but nothing was done on the ground and similarly the present Lt Governor Manoj Sinha too, has promised 10,000 jobs but those announcements remained on restricted to statements only, ” he said.
The senior leader said although different departments had notified several posts for which unemployment youth applied but their application forms were thrown in dustbin and no progress has been seen in this regard.
“The lack of employment opportunities in Jammu and Kashmir have pushed youth to trouble causing and increasing  alienation among them which is against democratic principles and can even prove against national interest,” Vakil said.
Hitting out at the poor development, Vakil stated that UT adminisatration has failed in all aspects to provide any relief to poor people especially in devlopmental aspect.
The developmental works at the grass root level have been left incomplete due to non- seriousness and incompetence of the Government. The condition of road is same as they were, there is lack of basic facilities including drinking water shortage, electricity and poor treatment in Government hospitals but the administration is doing nothing on the ground, he added.
Vakil urged UT adminisatration to come with a concrete job policy for the unemployed youth. “Once the employment opportunities are created the youth would be converged towards the Government, which is the need of the hour,” he added.
Besides others who addressed the convention include newly elected DDC member Rafiabad Parmeet Kour, president Women wing Rafiabad Advocate Ruqaya Jan and president Rafiabad Block Tariq Ahmad Mir.