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| Minor criticism puts NC in defencive mode | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 7: Even though there was not much criticism on Omar Abdullah’s employment policy but the National Conference’s Jammu provincial leadership including half a dozen legislators today batted for the package and defended it on the fronts yet to be questioned by the public.
Two days after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah unveiled the keenly awaited employment policy, none of the principal opposition parties –the Peoples Democratic Party and the Bhartiya Janta Party –have officially reacted to the policy –neither negatively nor positively. Panthers Party has been the only party which today formally reacted to the employment policy and declared it a dud. Despite this minor criticism what brought NC leaders in such a defencive mode could not be understood immediately even though sources suggested that the ruling party was not getting any impressive feedback from the ground.
Interaction with the leaders of various opposition parties revealed that they were not prepared to officially react to the employment policy in any manner, whether positively or negatively for all the intelligent reasons. Observers believed okaying government’s policies is always out of purview of the opposition parties while criticizing the present job policy could have earned them displeasure of the youths.
Provincial president Rattan Lal Gupta, joined by almost all National Conference legislators barring Ministers, hurriedly convened a press conference here this evening to highlight salient features of policy which was explained by the Chief Minister on December 5 in his nearly 90 minute long press conference. Gupta said, “coalition government headed by visionary chief minister Omar Abdullah has initiated a mission in the large interest of unemployed youth of state”.
The historic employment policy, said Gupta, “is in the larger interest of educated unemployed youth of the state”. He said NC is committed to address the issues pertaining to all walks of life. Gupta said that it not only a policy for employment but opportunity to all educated and uneducated youth of state to start their career as per their wish. He said that main attraction of the policy is that government itself will monitor the progress and growth of various projects to be launched by the aspirants. Lauding Omar Abdullah for his visionary endeavor, Gupta said that it is historic movement as NC has initiated a concrete formula for the eradication of unemployment of youth of state.
He said unemployment menace is world across but state of Jammu and Kashmir has taken an initiative to facilitate the younger generation. Gupta analyzed employment policy as a dream come true for visualizing prosperous and peaceful atmosphere in the state. He said that 1, 00,000 government jobs and availing of opportunity to youth for earning their livelihood within five years is really a land mark achievement. He urged upon the youth to take benefits of the schemes to get self started to extend help to their families and help in making the state as model one. On the occasion several youth and senior leaders were present.
Senior leaders including Ajay Sadothra, T. S Wazir, Rashpal Singh, Mustaq Bukhari, M. A Qureshi , Javed Rana , Aijaz Jan and others also spoke on the occasion and assured that the scheme will definitely benefit the unemployed youth of the state.
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