Srinagar, May 19 -- PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday urged Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to reconsider the Jammu and Kashmir government's recent decision to employ 4,000 ex-servicemen to guard key installations across the Union Territory.
Mehbooba expressed her deep concern over the rising unemployment crisis warning that overlooking their plight in favour of retired personnel could exacerbate existing socio-economic challenges.
"Wrote to Omar sahab urging him to reconsider his government's decision to employ 4,000 ex-servicemen to guard key installations. While I have utmost respect and gratitude for our ex-servicemen, we mustn't & cannot overlook the mounting crisis of unemployment afflicting youth in J&K whose numbers have now crossed...