Tripura will give jobs : Sarkar

Agartala:  The Left Front government in Tripura will continue to provide government jobs to the youths despite its limitations, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said.
“We would not stop providing government jobs to the unemployed youths despite the central government’s various norms and provisions against providing fresh government jobs,” Sarkar said while speaking at a function here.
He said: “Tripura is a small state. It has limited resources. Despite the limitations, the state government continued to provide government jobs. The central government closed the door for fresh government employment.”
Sarkar’s statement came in the wake of widespread agitation across the state by a section of unemployed youths and various political parties, including the Congress, Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party, against reported deprivation of government jobs.
Many offices of the Communist Party of India-Marxist were vandalised and some of its leaders assaulted during the past week after the state education department issued to 4,606 youths offers of appointment as government school teachers.
“Over 122,000 job seekers had applied for getting jobs of teachers in government primary schools, we have given jobs to 4,606 youths, ” he said. (IANS)