Fill vacant posts in government offices, demand students

October 01, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 05:44 am IST - Mysuru:

Students of Bahujana Vidyathi Sangha staging a protest outside the Deputy Commissioner’s office in Mysuru.— PHOTO: M.A. SRIRAM

Students of Bahujana Vidyathi Sangha staging a protest outside the Deputy Commissioner’s office in Mysuru.— PHOTO: M.A. SRIRAM

Students of different colleges, under the banner of Bahujan Vidyarthi Sangha, took out a procession here on Wednesday demanding that both the State and Union government fill backlog posts within a time-bound period, to enable candidates from scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backward classes to get employment.

Students later submitted a memorandum to the district administration in which they said that though reservation was there in government offices, these candidates had failed to get jobs in government offices for many years as recruitment had been stopped.

The students Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to bring in reservation in the private sector as well. anesh Murthy, Siddaraju, Naveen Kumar, Pratap P. were among the student leaders who participated in the agitation.

0 / 0
Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.