Bring back peace to valley, I'll get you jobs: Mehbooba to youth

March 07, 2017 20:51

Asking the youth to shun the path of violence, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said that they should help her in bringing back peace to the valley so that she can create jobs for them.

"I request you to the help me in bringing back peace here. I will bring the Prime Minister here and ask him to find ways to address the unemployment issue faced by the youth here," Mehbooba told a youth convention organised by the ruling People's Democratic Party in Srinagar.

Making an emotional appeal, Mehbooba said it is painful to see the youths, who formed the protective layer around her before she had security guards, have stones in their hands.

"My acquaintance with you is not new. Today I have so many bodyguards but it was the youths who would form a protective layer around me when I would visit remote areas earlier. You were my bodyguards. Today I am pained to see the youths having stones in their hands," she said.

Peace, she emphasised, is imperative for tackling the problem of unemployment.

"Give me peace, I will recruit you in tourism (sector). Give me peace, we will get you trained in Public Health Engineering and Irrigation. Peace is imperative," she said.

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