Republican Party of India (RPI) and Parivartan Movement have expressed concern over the anti-youth decision of the government for doing injustice with the candidates who had applied for Border Battalion proposed by the government in 2019.
Addressing a joint press conference RPI (J&K) president Tanveer Hussain and Parivartan Movement Sunil Singh Kamboj urged the Union Territory Administration to address the concern of aspirants.
Leaders announced that Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, Ramdas Athawale will soon meet Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha to raise the issue of Daily Wagers and other concerns so that the government takes suitable decisions to resolve the issues.
Hussain also raised the issue of daily rate wagers in Jammu and Kashmir and said that on February 20 protest will be organized across Jammu and Kashmir at district level to highlight the issue of daily wagers who have been denied their rights.
Hissain said, If issue is not resolved after 20 Feb protest,RPI activists and Parivartan Movement activists jointly close the Lakhanpur Border.
“The issue of implementing minimum wages act in favour of more than 60,000 daily wagers in Jammu and Kashmir is our basic demand. The Union Minister will raise the issue with the UT administration”, Hussain said.
Other issues which were raised by the leaders include 10+2 lecturers demands, JKSSB aspirants and other concerns facing the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
Others who were present on the occasion included RPI vice-president Raju Kumar Goyal, Gen Secretary Harmeet Singh Sasan, Sunil Singh Kamboj, Adil Chandal, , Aditya Tickoo, Pankaj Langoo, Arif Khan,Rathin Mehra , North Youth President RPI and Kritika Mehra Student wing President Jammu District