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More than 2,000 job aspirants gathered at Srinagar–Jayanagar Circle in the city and staged a vehement protest against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah , Deputy Chief Minister D.K.
Addressing the gathering, Kanthkumar said the government could not suppress the movement through police action. Aspirants who dreamt of becoming KAS officers, PSIs and PDOs are now forced to sell vegetables, work as delivery boys and take up hotel jobs to survive,” he said. The agitators warned that if a recruitment notification is not issued immediately, they would launch an indefinite agitation and undertake a padayatra from Dharwad to Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru. Shivakumar and other Ministers. Protesters tore photographs of the leaders and raised slogans against the government. City Police Commissioner N. Shashikumar and other senior police officials attempted to pacify the protesters through announcements over a microphone, but their efforts failed. As the situation threatened to escalate, police detained Kanthkumar, State president of the Akhila Karnataka Students’ Association, who was leading the protest. However, following strong objections from the protesters, he was brought back to the protest site. “Even if it costs us our lives, we will not withdraw the agitation. For years, recruitment has not taken place. He demanded that the Chief Minister immediately issue recruitment notifications, failing which thousands of aspirants would march to Vidhana Soudha.
Thousands of job aspirants stage protest near Alur Venkatrao Circle in Dharwad on Tuesday against the state government’s failure to fill the vacant posts. (TOI). Dharwad: Anger among job aspirants demanding recruitment to vacant posts in various State government departments spilled onto the streets on Tuesday in Dharwad, as protests intensified against the State government.
Meanwhile, Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly R Ashoka, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy and Deputy Leader Arvind Bellad, along with other BJP leaders, took out a separate protest rally from Jayanagar Circle to Michigan Compound. They criticised the State government for failing to fill vacant posts.
