Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Mar 17: Former Chief Minister and working president of National Conference , Omar Abdullah, today targeted the State Government for nepotism and said that meritorious and qualified youth are being pushed to the wall.
“Hard-working, meritorious and qualified youth of the State are being pushed to the wall because of open political patronage to nepotism and an unprecedented chaos in recruitment, competitive examinations and at service commissions”, Omar said while addressing a one-day Youth National Conference Provincial Body Meet at NC Headquarters, ‘Nawa-e-Subha’ here today.
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He expressed dismay at the continuation of SRO-202 while the kith and kin of leaders of the ruling alliance were being directly accommodated into gazetted jobs through the backdoor. “We have highly qualified, talented youth who have given their sweat and blood to be equipped with great academic credentials and this Government seems hell-bent to alienate them after robbing them of their merit and rights”, he said.
Omar said the deteriorating law and order situation and the instability in the State during the past three years has a direct bearing on the future of the youth. “It is the youth who suffer the most due to the Government’s inability to preserve and nurture peace and stability. It affects their studies, robs them of employment opportunities and creates a sense of hopelessness that is dangerous considering the circumstances in the State. The biggest injustices to the youth are being perpetuated while the Government has little to offer apart from rhetoric and photo opportunities”, he added.
He said rising unemployment in the State was a matter of grave concern and is a telling indictment of the failed policies of the present Government. “Our unemployment numbers are rising and could well have crossed a million unemployed skilled and unskilled young men if an objective analysis is undertaken. With the complete collapse of the Tourism Sector and zero headway in encouraging a private sector growth, diminishing jobs in the Public Sector have created an alarming situation. Especially how even those limited jobs in the public sector seem to be reserved for the kith and kin of the ruling alliance leaders”, he added.
Omar asked the party’s youth wing to reach out to the youth and empower them politically to become opinion-makers and stakeholders in finding solutions to these problems.
“Be it the aim of curbing nepotism, of fighting corruption, of holding the Government accountable or of ushering the State into a corrective era of growth, peace and progress , our youth hold the key. They have the answers to the problems that plague our State and their voice should be amplified and represented at every policy level”, he added.
The convention was also attended by NC provincial president Nasir Aslam Wani, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, Salman Ali Sagar, Tanvir Sadiq, Mushtaq Guroo and Junaid Azim Mattu.
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