Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 28: Appreciating decision of the Union Cabinet to approve creation of five new battalions of Indian Reserve Police (IRP), General Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Ved Mahajan today said that this decision of the Union Government was endorsement by the stand taken by former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.
He recalled that Mufti Sayeed, during his tenure as Chief Minister of the State, had always supported special recruitment drive for the unemployed youth of border areas.
In a statement issued here today, Mr Mahajan said that decision of the Union Cabinet would give recruitment to at least 5500 youth and sixty percent reservation would be given to the border youth, adding that the decision would provide much awaited relief to the unemployed youth of border areas.
Mr Ved Mahajan recalled that border belts were always the focus areas of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed because during his two tenures as Chief Minister of the State, he had formulated comprehensive policies for the socio-economic growth of the inhabitants of border areas.
Mr Mahajan further reminded that the former Chief Minister had a vision for border residents and recalled that during his last visit to Jammu in the month of December 2015, he had visited border areas of R S Pura to explore possibilities of creating infrastructure for border tourism.
“During his first tenure as Chief Minister of the State from 2002 to 2005, Mufti Sahib had provided compensation to the border farmers at their door steps”, he recalled.
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