Youth Congress state president Vikrant Bhuria was among detained protesters demanding jobs who came on foot from Indore on Sunday.
The Madhya Pradesh government may claim to provide employment to the youth, but the situation is different. Youth have now come out on the streets demanding jobs.
On Sunday, a large number of unemployed and students from across the state reached Bhopal. More than 200 unemployed had come on foot from Indore to Bhopal under the banner of National Educated Youth Union (NEYU).
After this the students started protesting sitting there on the road. The youth named it 'Recruitment Satyagraha'. Over 200 youth had gathered in Indore who started their journey walking on October 2 and came to Bhopal.
They had sought permission to protest at Shahjani Park in Bhopal, but did not get it. On the night of 8 October, more than 200 youths reached Bhopal from diferent places. The police put them under house arrest. Somehow some reached Lal Ghati, some reached Bhadbhada. They were stopped there.
NSUI demonstrated in front of the PEB in his support. All were kept in an open jail in Bhopal's Chinar Park.
Youth Congress leader Vivek Tripathi, who was involved in the protest, said that NSUI President Ashutosh Choukse and the workers, who were raising the voice of the unemployed youth of the state in Bhopal, were cane-charged and arrested by the police.
The youth doing 'Recruitment Satyagraha' also got the support of former Chief Minister and Congress State President Kamal Nath. Kamal Nath said, "We are committed to fulfill your dreams.
On 30 September, he had issued a message to the protesters in a tweet. In which he targeted even the Prime Minister including Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan without naming him. He had said that why the youth of today needed to do Satyagraha? They are being deceived. Unemployment is at its peak in the country and the state.
Main demands of protestors were to resolve the OBC reservation issue, complete the process by declaring Revised Result in Roster Case of State Service Exam 2019.
Permanent appointments should be made on the vacant posts in various departments. Second counseling should be started by increasing the posts in teacher recruitment Varg 1 and Varg 2.
By eliminating the provision of 70, 80, 90% in the salary, full salary should be given. About 1 lakh posts vacant in 21 major departments should be filled.