Srinagar, Feb 12: Job aspirants from border areas staged a protest against the Government for failing to provide jobs to jobless people.
The aspirants who had applied for their recruitment in Border Battalion in Kashmir Valley held a protest against the failure of concerned authorities to hold the written examination till date though their physical tests were conducted several months back.
The protesters were carrying placards denouncing the policies towards unemployed youth.
Protesters mostly females assembled at Press Enclave Srinagar and appealed to government to conduct written examination as soon as possible.
The protestors said that applications were sought from the male and female candidates by the Central Government to form a Border Battalion, in which many people from border areas had applied and appeared in physical examination, but even after several months, their written examination has not been conducted.
One of the lady aspirants told news agency Kashmir News Trust that Defense Minister Rajnath Singh had visited border areas of Valley and had promised that unemployed males and ladies will be adjusted in different border battalions. She demanded that written examinations should be conducted without any delay. She said that Central Government has been misleading and doing nothing to mitigate the sufferings of unemployed young men and women of Jammu and Kashmir. (KNT)
