Congress legislators on Tuesday staged a protest with plastic snakes in the Madhya Pradesh assembly complex, accusing the BJP-led state government of sitting on government job vacancies like a serpent (PICS/PTI)
Updated On: 2025-03-11 03:49 PM IST
Compiled by : Divya Nair
The Congress has been protesting in the state for the past few days over various issues. On Monday, the police had used water cannons to disperse the protestors. They were demanding Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Rs 3,100 a quintal for rice and Rs 2,700 per quintal for wheat
During Tuesday's protest, the Congress claimed that youngsters were running from pillar to post for jobs, while the government has stopped recruitment in the police, education, irrigation and health departments
Meanwhile, in a protest on Monday, several Congress leaders and workers suffered injured after the stage collapsed in Bhopal during their agitation
"The BJP government is biting the unemployed youth of the state like a snake. This government is sitting like a serpent on job vacancies. Hence, we held this symbolic protest to awaken the government on the issue of unemployment," said Leader of Opposition Umang Singhar
The Congress leader claimed that more than 70,000 posts are lying vacant in the education department alone, but the government has not paid attention.