When the State Government was organising ‘Young Uttarakhand, towards entrepreneurship and employment’ , the federation of unemployed youths held a demonstration at the protest site, demanding jobs.
The members of the federation who had gathered at the protest site intended to take out a rally, but they were not provided permission for it by the district administration. Later, the agitating members torched the effigy of the State Government by way of venting anger.
Speaking of the stir, they staged, the president of the federation Bobby Panwar said that the State Government, on one hand, is celebrating the year as employment year and, on the other, no employment is being provided to the unemployed.
He further said that instead of squandering away money on such a programme meant to confuse the people, the State Government should have firmed up a policy for providing employment. Panwar said that the BJP had promised to fill all the vacant posts within six months since coming to power.“But even after almost two years in power, the State Government is yet to live up to the promise. We are all frustrated with the apathy the State Government is showing to us. They have deceived us,” he said.
The speakers on the occasion warned that the unemployed youths would teach BJP a lesson in the upcoming Lok Sabha election if the recruitment process is not initiated soon in the interest of the unemployed.