Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Saturday announced to constitute ‘Haryana Safai Karamchari Ayog’ in the State which will look after the interest of Safai Karamcharis and work for their betterment.
Addressing the State level Samrasta Divas Samaroh organized on the eve of Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti at Jind, he said that efforts would be made to ensure that 50 per cent Safai Contracts (contracts of cleanliness) are given to the people belonging to Valmiki Community.
The CM also announced a slew of incentives for the people belonging to Valmiki Community.
Manohar lal said that the State Government would also ensure that proper reservation policy is followed while recruitment in different departments through outsourcing so that candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes could get the benefit of reservation.
He also announced that a special recruitment drive would be launched to complete the backlog of vacant posts reserved for Scheduled Castes category in different department of the state within next six months. He assured that the State Government would strongly plead the case regarding the SC-A and SC-B in the Supreme Court.
The Chief Minister said that the state government has completed about two year’s tenure and in this period, he has visited 76 out of total 90 assembly constituencies and announced various projects of development as per the demand and requirement of the area.
Terming the third year as of prime importance, he said that during this year, focus of his Government would be on providing maximum jobs to the youth, be it in the government sector, private sector or by making them self-employed through skill development so as to realize the dream of poor and needy.
Union Minister for Steel, Ch. Birender Singh urged the people belonging to scheduled castes to remain united and not to be misguided by those having vested interests. Without naming the party, he said that during the last 60 years, a party made tall claims for their welfare but did nothing after they came into the power.
Cabinet ministers in the state, including Finance Minister, Capt. Abhimanyu, Agriculture Minister, O.P Dhankar, Transport Minister, Krishan lal Panwar, Minister of State for Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes, Krishan Kumar Bedi, BJP State President, Subhash Barala, besides others were present.