Mumbai Youth Congress cuts protest cake over unemployment, questions government
On PM Modi's birthday, Mumbai Youth Congress workers cut a symbolic cake asking the government about jobs for degree holders.
While various programmes were being held across the country on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday, the Mumbai Youth Congress adopted a different approach to draw the government's attention to the troubles of unemployed youth. Congress workers symbolically cut a "demand cake" and questioned the government by asking "What about my degree?"
The aim behind the campaign was that instead of birthday celebrations, the government should focus on questions related to employment for jobless youth. Speaking on the occasion, Mumbai Youth Congress president Zeenat Shabrin said that today the country's youth hold degrees in their hands but not jobs. She said many young people are preparing for competitive exams, but there is no guarantee of when the recruitment process will begin or when they will get an appointment.
Shabrin further said that a large number of posts lie vacant in government departments, yet the recruitment process keeps getting stalled repeatedly. Sometimes a paper leaks, while at other times it takes years for youth to go from the announcement of an exam to the exam itself, the result, document verification and finally the appointment. She demanded that the government issue a fixed, time-bound recruitment calendar so that the future of youth is not played with and the recruitment process runs in a transparent and time-bound manner.
Shabrin said "What about my degree?" is not just a question but the voice of the future of the country's unemployed youth. She said the government should answer what will happen to their degrees, their jobs and their future.
As part of the campaign, a separate anthem and an official website have also been launched to take the employment issue to as many youth as possible, at www.meridegreekakya.com. Shabrin said the Mumbai Youth Congress will raise the issue of unemployment, stalled recruitment processes and vacant posts in government departments on a large scale, and will also agitate if necessary.
