KP leaders demand employment package for displaced youth

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Sept 2: Senior KP leader and general secretary, Vishwa Kashmiri Samaj M.K.Yogi along with president Displaced Kashmiri Pandit Front (DKPF), Vinod Pandita today reiterated its appeal to Prime Minister, Home Minister and Lt. Governor J&K for creating at least twenty thousand posts in different departments for educated displaced youth as since 2008/09, no such special employment package was announced for educated displaced youth despite passing more than 14 years.

They said in these 14 years unemployment in the educated displaced youth of the community has touched sky which has created big frustration and desperation among them that needs a keen humanitarian review in order to provide solace to the educated displaced youth after 14 years forthwith.

In a joint statement issued today both M.K.Yogi and Vinod Pandita, have said that the big issue of unemployment among the educated displaced youth has caused great desperation and demoralisation in them which needs immediate attention and solace.

Yogi and Pandita have once again appealed to Prime Minister, Home Minister and Lt. Governor J&K for taking a humanitarian review of this grave issue and resolve the unemployment problem among the displaced educated youth in exile by creating at least twenty thousand posts for them in the different departments of UT of J&K and Central Government in order to tackle this menace of unemployment among the displaced educated youth as well utilize their potential for the service of the nation.

They also urged Government of India for construction of additional new residential quarters for those migrants who are living on rent in non camps in pathetic conditions, enhancement of monthly cash assistance of displaced migrants who are solely dependent on this meager amount from Rs 13000 to Rs 25000 in view the rise in essential commodities. The others members who endorsed these demands were Balkrishan Pandita, Shuban Ji Raina,

Ashok Kumar Koul, Virender Ganjoo, Vinod Bhat , Jyoti Dhar, Geeta Koul, Sanjana Sher, Shoki Kanth , Inderjeet Raina, Sanjay Raina, Ashish Kumar, Ashutosh Pandita and others.