INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Students protesting outside Jharkhand Technical University on Thursday (Photo Credits: Satyajeet Kumar/India Today)NSUI and AISA along with
other student organisations celebrated Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 70th birthday in a way so as to pull the country's attention towards
the issue of unemployment.The NSUI alleges that the unemployment menace has not only afflicted pain to youngsters but has also shattered
Finding it difficult to sustain in the prevailing condition, the demonstrators say they have will be forced to polish boots or fry pakodas
if the issue is not streamlined and addressed with seriousness.Armed with their degrees, NSUI and other student organisations vented their
ire by agitating at the main gate of Jharkhand Technical University
They squatted on the ground and opened a make-shift cobbler shop and polished the shoes of passerby.Students protesting against rising
unemployment on Thursday (Photo Credits: Satyajeet Kumar/India Today)NSUI vice-president Inderjit Singh said PM Modi had in 2014 promised 2
crore employment each year but that remains a distant cry
In the last six years, unemployment has emerged as a key issue and the youth are in a fix, Singh said.He went on to add, "Sometimes, PM
advises them to open a pakoda kiosk and sometimes he urges them to enter into a toy manufacturing venture
The youths are feeling deceived, duped and cheated
They feel that they have been taken for a ride by the union government as the vacancy in railways, SSC, central government and state have
been freezed.""Private and many corporate houses are at the brink of closure
They are struggling to survive, leave the expectation for new vacancies
The whole economy is in a bad shape and the market is under an unprecedented recession
The GDP has dropped drastically," Inderjit Singh said.NSUI leaders also raised questions about the Centre's Rs 20 lakh crore package
announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the lockdown.(With inputs from Akash Namkum)
