PATNA: Congress, a major ally of the RJD-led Grand Alliance in Bihar, has decided to hold protests outside employment exchange offices across 25 districts on June 12 in protest against NDA government’s failure to provide jobs and employment opportunities to people.
The agitation being launched by Congress indicated that unemployment and migration would dominate the campaign for upcoming Bihar assembly elections, due in October-November this year.
Bihar Congress president Rajesh Kumar said that party workers would stage a sit-in agitation in front of the offices of the employment exchange as a mark of protest against the government’s reluctance to provide jobs and create employment opportunities during NDA rule.
He pointed out that more than five lakh posts were lying vacant in different government departments. “We want to know from the government when these vacant posts will be filled,” Bihar Congress chief said, adding that the party would also raise the issue of ‘same pay for same work’.
Congress will also focus on the migration issue during the ‘Naukri Do Ya Satta Chhodo’ campaign, targeting the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in Bihar. Preparations for June 12 agitation across 25 districts have been made, state Congress chief told the media.
In response to a media query, Rajesh Kumar said that the Grand Alliance has convened a meeting of its constituents on June 12 to discuss election-related issues.
Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, who has been appointed the convenor of the Opposition bloc, also made similar remarks.
Meanwhile, the RJD-Congress combine has decided to extend their support to CPI-ML’s agitation on July 9 in election-bound state. CPI-ML discussed election related issues at its executive committee meeting held in the state capital.
The party underlined the need to strengthen its support base at booth level to ensure the victory of Opposition candidates in the assembly polls. The party also held parley on strengthening its district and block level committees in the wake of elections.