Will address unemployment, poverty if elected to power: Azad

jj correspondent

Srinagar, Aug 20: Former Chief Minister and Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) Chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday iterated that he will address the unemployment problem of Jammu and Kashmir if elected to power.
“If I am back in power, I will again start a triple shift of developmental works that will ensure all the local skilled as well as non-skilled labourers are accommodated to earn their livelihood”, Azad said while addressing a gathering in South Kashmir’ Dooru.
He said there is a need to create massive and diverse job opportunities for the state’s educated youth who face tremendous crises.
Since Jammu and Kashmir is figuring among the top five states in terms of no employment opportunities to the youth, Azad said it is not only the educated youth who are facing unemployment crisis, the non-skilled and illiterate class equally faces problems to search for their manual jobs.
“I believe in serving people and that is why I returned to the politics of Jammu and Kashmir”, he said and added “I will ensure that my people in Jammu and Kashmir are empowered politically as well as economically”.
Azad said during his tenure as Chief Minister he completed massive projects like Hajj House, Yatri Bhawan and many others in record time due to triple work shifts.
“There is a need for the same force and energy to bring developmental revolution back in Jammu and Kashmir. I can only do it and I have proven it in the past,” Azad said.
The DPAP chairman said he will ensure the land taken away from landless people is returned and the Roshni scheme is restored, if he is voted to power. UNI