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Unemployment has become the biggest problem in the country, along with price rise of essential commodities, and the government must take urgent steps to resolve the two key issues, National Conference patron and former J&K Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah said in a report by PTI .
On the raging Karnataka hijab row, J&K National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah was quoted by ANI saying , “There is nothing wrong with it (wearing hijab). India is a free country and it is up to a girl to decide whether to wear it or not. It doesn’t harm anybody at all.”
Initiating the debate on the Union Budget on the third day of the discussion, he said despite having higher degrees scores of youths in the country are without jobs.
“As they don’t have jobs, many of the youths are under depression,” Abdullah said.
The former J&K chief minister said the prices of all essential commodities are on the rise and people are suffering due to it.
He said oil price is sky rocketing which is having a cascading effect on all products as most them are being transported from one place to others and asked the government to reduce the taxes on petroleum products to give relief to the people.
“Now the poor is becoming poorer and the rich is becoming richer,” he said.
Abdullah said fund allocation to the employment generating scheme MGNREGA, which is the lifeline for the poor, has been reduced and asked the government to allocate more funds to it.
He appealed to the government to ensure that locals get the employment opportunities at the ongoing power projects in Jammu and Kashmir.
