The association of unemployed Yoga graduates has threatened to intensify its agitation if the state government continues to ignore the demands of the yoga graduates. Under the banner of the Federation of unemployed trainedYoga instructors these youths are on a path of agitation from last two years. The state president of the federation, Rakesh Semwal said that thousands of Yoga instructors are a depressed lot as the state government has failed to keep the promises it made to the federation. He said that the patience of members of the federation is fast waning and the government would be responsible if the organisation undertakes up some extreme step. Semwal said that on the assurance of the state education minister Mantri Prasad Naithani, the ten day long fast by some members of the federation was called off on Sunday. He said that the federation is awaiting positive response from the government failing which the agitation would be intensified.
These members of the federation are desperate to have their demand addressed now as they are aware that model code of the conduct would be imposed in the state with declaration of assembly polls in the state and the government would not take decision to create new posts ofYoga teachers in the government schools after its declaration.There are 22,000 unemployed yoga qualified instructors in the state. The Federation of Yoga instructors is demanding that the state government should appoint Yoga teachers in the all the government schools. It is also demanding that government should appoint them either in Ayurveda hospitals or as as yoga instructors in the tourism sector.