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| Jobs, not josh is election cry in Uri | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Apr 7: Lok Sabha elections are around the corner. While terror has taken centre stage in election campaigns across the country, in the border town of Uri, the clamour for "jobs" and "development" is becoming louder as star campaigners hit the ground, but Uri residents remain steadfast in asking: "Where are the Jobs and much hyped development?"
24- year-old Rashid has been jobless for over a year since he graduated out of college. Professionally qualified, yet unemployed, he has been moving from pillar to post in search of a job. In Uri, like hundred others he also attended former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and People's Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti's address.
Addressing party workers and people, Mehbooba Mufti asked "Do you want Article 370 removed? " to which the crowd replied "No."
Rashid feels that the leaders of Valley have let youth like him down because Mehbooba Mufti talked about Article 370 and Article 35A but no words on jobs.
Rashid said the politicians have betrayed the educated youth of the Valley without offering any solutions. They are only interested in the Kashmir problem and 'Indo-Pak' relations.
"I am sitting at home since I passed college. My friends have PhD or BTech degrees but are also unemployed," Rashid said.
Meanwhile, another youth Abrar Ameen, who has a Bachelor's of Science degree and a diploma in paramedics said that he was unemployed.
"Education is there but I haven't got a job for a year. There is no development and no private jobs... We have become useless," he added.
Meanwhile, the venue of a rally is just a kilometre away from the worst terror strike of 2016, the Uri brigade headquarter which brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war, and led India to carry out the first surgical strike against Pakistan.
In the town, there are scattered posters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi announcing central scheme, but the residents are unhappy.
They feel that none of the schemes have reached their doorstep. Anger has overtaken disappointment and bleak future stares at people with hardly any job opportunities.
Lal Khan Pathan, a resident of Uri said that Kashmir is an integral part of India. He said that PM Modi came to Srinagar and made several announcements of schemes, but that did not benefit the Kashmiris.
Mohammed Sharief, a farmer said that not a single farmer received any sort of relief. The youth are unemployed and most of them are sitting idle. While most of the youth are forced to sit home, there is a growing sense of frustration. The Uri town has an aura of elections with poster and banners, vehicles with blaring loudspeakers, but Uri awaits hope, jobs and development. |
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