Early Times Report
New Delhi, Nov 21: Agitated over the exploitation of unemployed and underemployed youth in J&K, scores of JKNPP activists today led by Harsh Dev Singh Chairman JKNPP and Yash Pal Kundal State President Young Panthers staged protest demonstration seeking enhancement of wages and regularization of their services at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi today.
According to press statement, Harsh alleged the State government failing to address the grievances of the suffering youth in the State and the miserable plight of over 62,000 DRW's and casual workers engaged in PHE, PWD, M&RE, I&FC, Tourism, Health, Agriculture, Forest and other departments had been languishing in open for several months demanding release of long- pending wages for more than two years, enhancement of salaries and regularization of their services but the State government had paid no heed to their sufferings. He said that the prevalent unemployment and underemployment were the root cause of the embitterment among the youth who were pushed towards starvation and many a times baton charged by the police in the so called regime of 'Achey Din' as proclaimed by the BJP in particular. Similarly lower rung employees like NRHM/ Asha workers, Safai karamcharis, Angan wari workers etc were also facing the wrath of Govt.'s apathy. Citing the exploitation of educated youth of the state as worst form of human rights violation, he said that the highly qualified educated unemployed youth in the State were treated like mere expendables. He added that seething anger among the youth could explode any moment like a catastrophe and cause irreparable damages. He maintained that the College, School and Polytechnic lecturers engaged on contract / academic arrangement basis and who included PhDs, M Phils, Double post graduates etc.were being paid Rs. 7,000/- per month in Higher Secondary schools and Polytechnics where as Rs. 8,000/- in colleges which had not been revised for the last more than 12 years.
Referring to the seething anger of the people and youth in particular, Yashpal Kundal revealed that the people in Jammu were hooting at the Saffron leaders during their visits including the Union MoS Dr. Jitender Singh of late to lodge protest against BJP's false promises. He said that the people were feeling cheated and betrayed by the BJP's politics of subterfuge, suppression and deceit. |
