Farooq for highest-level probe into Jaipur blasts
Shariq Majeed
Tribune News Service

Rajouri, May 15
Condemning the serial bomb blasts in Jaipur, National Conference patron Farooq Abdullah has urged the people to maintain calm.

Addressing public meetings at Dungi and Kaller here yesterday, the former chief minister termed the Jaipur incident as an attack on the integrity and unity of the country. Abdullah demanded a probe of highest level by the Centre and the state government to trace out culprits and expressed sympathy with the families of the deceased and those injured.

Appealing the people to maintain calm, Abdullah said, “Unity and integrity are the basics of our heritage and we should remain cautious about the elements, who want to create a divide among us. We should uphold the traditional communal brotherhood and secularism at all times.”

Criticising the coalition government for its failure to address employment issue in the state, said solving the problem of unemployment would be the thrust area of his party.

He emphasised the need of job-oriented education in the state. “The priority of my party will be to train skill hands by opening technical institutes in remote and far flung areas so that in this age of technology, technical hands could be produced and easily adjusted in the government and private sectors,” he added.

“My party is well aware about the increasing demand of employment both by educated and marginal workers,” he said adding, “We have chalked out an employment policy for solving the unemployment problem in the state, which will be implemented in letter and spirit when the party comes to power.”

“The employment packages would not be only for the educated class but it will also cover the youth having qualification of middle and secondary school, belonging to the far-flung areas of the state and will also take into consideration all important aspects so that the job opportunities will keep its pace with the increasing population growth,” he informed.

He further assured that the first priority of his party would be to provide employment to those families where there is no government job and then to others.