NC rebuts BJP’s claims on jobs, blames decade of misrule

Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (NC) Provincial President Ratan Lal Gupta on Thursday strongly rebutted allegations by Leader of Opposition Sunil Sharma on youth employment and nepotism, calling them an attempt to deflect attention from the BJP’s decade-long failures in Jammu and Kashmir.

- NL CORRESPONDENT

Gupta questioned the BJP’s record on employment during its tenure with the PDP and later under Governor’s rule, asking why no meaningful steps were taken to address youth unemployment, including recruitment in belt forces and key departments in the Jammu region. He also cited recruitment processes during the BJP’s rule that landed in courts due to irregularities, leaving thousa