Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 21: Senior vice-president People’s Conference (PC) and former minister Abdul Gani Vakil today said that promises made by Union Territory Administration for the unemployment youth have proved to be hoax, pushing the youth to the wall.
Addressing workers at party headquarters, Gandhi Nagar Jammu today Vakil said that the promises and claims made by the Government for thousands of educated youth have not yielded any results so far.
“The previous Governor Satya Pal Malik had promised employment to 50,000 youth in J&K but nothing was done on the ground and similarly the present Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha too, has promised 10,000 jobs but those announcements remained on restricted to statements only, “ he said.
The senior leader said although different departments had notified several posts for which unemployed youth applied but the recruitment process is very slow. “The lack of employment opportunities in Jammu and Kashmir have pushed youth to trouble causing alienation among them which is against democratic principles,” Vakil said.
Hitting out at the poor development, Vakil said that the UT Adminisatration has failed in all aspects to provide any relief to the poor people as condition of roads is same as they were, there is lack of basic facilities including drinking water shortage of electricity and poor treatment in Government hospitals but the administration is doing nothing on the ground.
He urged UT administration to come with a concrete job policy for the unemployed youth so that they cannot suffer anymore. “Once the employment opportunities are created, it would definitely help in bringing the youth towards mainstream which is the need of the hour,” he added.
Besides others who addressed the meeting include Mohan Lal Radha, District president PC Jammu, Capt Rachpal Chand vice president and Rajpal Singh general secretary also spoke on the occasion.
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