Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 12: Provincial president of Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) for Jammu, Rattan Lal Gupta has lamented that the incumbent Govt has miserably failed on all fronts with youth despite being the future of the nation have been at the receiving end under the present regime.
He said that unemployment among the youth has crossed all limits and the height of the things is that the Govt is misleading the people by issuing fudged reports to show that unemployment rate has come down in J&K.
The senior NC leader stated this while addressing the party workers meeting JKNC (Youth Wing) of Jammu Rural A at party office here today.
The meeting was organised by District president Jammu Rural-A, Raghubir Singh Manhas and presided over by the Provincial president Youth National Conference, Jammu, Ajaz Jan while Rattan Lal Gupta was the chief guest.
While addressing the workers’ meeting, Rattan Lal Gupta said youth is the backbone of the party and the present situation is a matter of serious concern as the Govt has no policy for the youth as a result of which unemployment in Jammu and Kashmir is at peak today. He said that the government of J&K must come clear on the gigantic difference between the unemployment rate data announced by it recently and the one made public by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE). He said that there is unbelievable difference between the two figures as according to the CMIE the unemployment rate in J&K in March was over 23 percent but the reports published in media giving government data of the same entity have reported improvement from 6.7 percent in 2019-20 to 5.2 percent in 2021-22 quoting Economic Survey Report 2022-23. He asked the government to come clean over the controversial figures reflected by it.
Ajay Sadhotra, former minister and Central secretary JKNC, raised serious concern over the pitiable condition of the border dwellers. He said that while the Govt is claiming to bvotary of equitable development, the reality is that there is absolutely no development in the border areas with the border dwellers having been left to the mercy of God. He said that NC is the only party which has secular credentials working for the people of all religions and the erstwhile has experienced golden period under NC regimes.
Babu Rampal, Ajaz Jan, Naresh Bittu, Chander Mohan Sharma, Pardeep Bali, Ayub Malik, Ghar Singh, Ankush Abrol, Dr Vikas Sharma and others also spoke on the occasion.
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