The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jammu & Kashmir on Tuesday demanded the immediate cancellation of nearly 24,000 jobs outsourced to private companies, alleging that the National Conference (NC) government has deceived the youth of Jammu & Kashmir by replacing transparent public recruitment with outsourcing.
Addressing a press conference, BJP State Spokespersons Manzoor Bhat and Danish Bhat said that the people, particularly the youth, voted for the National Conference after being promised employment opportunities and transparent governance.
“Instead of creating regular government jobs, the government has outsourced thousands of vacancies to private agencies, denying deserving candidates a fair opportunity to compete for secure public employment,” the BJP leaders said.
They added that thousands of young people devote years to education and competitive exam preparation with the hope of securing a government job and building a stable future.
The party alleged that outsourcing such a large number of posts undermines those aspirations and called upon the National Conference government to immediately cancel the outsourcing process and initiate a transparent, merit-based recruitment process for these vacancies.
The outsourcing issue has emerged as a major political flashpoint. The Opposition PDP has accused the NC government of making appointments through the outsourcing route and facilitating “backdoor appointments”.
The NC has rejected the allegations, asserting that the outsourcing mechanism was introduced during the PDP-BJP coalition government between 2015 and 2018.
