more-inRozgaar Mange India, a platform that seeks to run a sustained campaign on the state of joblessness in the country, on Sunday had its inaugural convention at Press Club of India. Speakers at the convention ranged from journalists to leaders and participants of various movements happening across the country around employment issues. Inaugurating the convention, AISA Preident Sucheta De said, “In November 2013, at an election rally in Agra, the then PM Candidate Narendra Modi declared, [If the BJP comes to power it will create one crore new jobs] But the Modi government is hell-bent on destroying all jobs opportunities.” She added that the platform would launch movements to put pressure on the government and hold it accountable for the unfulfilled promises. Abhisekh Chaubey, a leader and active participant of the ongoing SSC, movement said, “The protesters are demanding that the Central government must immediately set up an independent CBI inquiry on the entire process of SSC recruitment exams. But instead of addressing the concerns, it has only offered false assurances, harassed and threatened them.”Shweta Raj, leader of ASHA workers’ union, said, “ASHA scheme was is a classic example of how the people are being denied dignified and secured employment, as the ASHA worker are not even paid minimum wages.” Laxman Yadav, an ad hoc faculty at DU, highlighted the plight of over 4,000 ad hoc teachers in the largest Central university of the country.

Source: The Hindu March 11, 2018 20:21 UTC