Unemployed youth climbs atop water tank in Sangrur to protest against not getting a job

Tribune News Service

Sangrur, August 21

An unemployed B Ed and TET pass youth from Fazilka has climbed atop a water tank at the civil hospital here to protest against not getting a job.

He has been identified as Munish Kumar.

Other members of the Joint Front of Unemployed have started another protest near the civil hospital here.

Members of B Ed and TET pass, along with the members of four other unions – All Punjab 873 DPE Teachers Union, 646 PTI Teachers Union Punjab, Unemployed Art and Craft Union Punjab and Unemployed Multipurpose Health Union Punjab – under the banner of Joint Front of Unemployed, have been sitting on an indefinite protest here in front of the residence of Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla since December 31, 2020 and demanding government jobs.

“We have been burning the effigies of the Punjab government over the past six months, to push its authorities out of deep slumber. Apart from protesting in front of Singla’s residence, we have also been visiting various villages and sharing our plight with residents to expose the Punjab government. On Saturday morning, one of our members has climbed atop a water tank and we would intensify our agitation in the coming days,” said Sukhwinder Dhilwan, president of B Ed and TET Pass Union.