Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 3: Arun Prabhat, State president, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), Jammu Kashmir, slammed the Omar Abdullah-led National Conference Government for what he described as a blatant betrayal of the youth of the UT by freezing the Government posts.
Talking to reporters at party headquarters here, today he said “The Omar Abdullah Government came to power on the promise of one lakh jobs for youth in its election manifesto,. Instead of fulfilling that solemn commitment, this Government has now shut the door on employment through a Government order that freezes Government posts and surrenders vacancies.
Arun Prabhat referred to recently issued Government Order No. 198- F of 2026 by the Finance Department, which freezes the creation of new Government posts and mandates the surrender of all posts lying vacant for over two years.
This is not fiscal prudence – this is a deliberate stab in the back of every qualified, aspiring young person of the UT” he added.
Prabhat recalled Omar Abdullah-led NC that party has promised one lakh jobs in its election manifesto – a promise that brought thousands of hopeful youth to the polling booths. NC led Government’s latest circular directing all Government departments to execute “economy and austerity measures for the rationalisation of expenditure” not only freezes new recruitment but also orders the surrender of posts that have remained vacant for more than two years, he said.
Prabhat called this a direct contradiction of the Government’s electoral pledges and a mockery of the aspirations of J&K’s educated unemployed youth. Moreover Omar Abdullah’s own Government’s Economic Survey 2025-26 reveals that nearly 46% of educated youth in J&K remain unemployed indicating persistent structural gaps.
He said, “The austerity order is an anti-youth policy that crushes employment hopes at a time when unemployment in J&K has already reached a critical level. Rather than cutting the perks and unnecessary spending of the ruling elite and senior bureaucracy, the financial burden of austerity has been callously shifted onto the shoulders of unemployed youth. The Government must immediately withdraw the order and issue a clear roadmap for filling all existing vacancies on a time-bound basis or be ready for a mass agitation across Jammu Kashmir. Others who were present in the press conference included vice presidents BJYM, Abhishek Salathia, Luvdeval Sharma, and Priyanka Mahajan; general secretaries Ranjit Singh; State secretary, Sagar Kotwal, spokesperson, Abineesh Khajuria, media secretary, Abhiudit Kaushal, district presidents, Dheeraj Bharti and Vatsal Bhan.
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