Statewide padyatra of Youth Cong, NSUI from March 16

Patna: Congress's youth wing and NSUI will undertake a statewide padyatra starting from Bhitiharwa Ashram in West Champaran on March 16, said party's Bihar in charge, Krishna Allavaru, on Monday.
The padyatra is seen as Congress's plans to strengthen its base among the youths in the state ahead of assembly elections due later this year.
‘Naukri do, palayan roko' (Give jobs, stop migration) is the slogan of the yatra, said NSUI's national in charge and former JNUSU president, Kanhaiya Kumar. He said education, job and migration are the main agendas of the padyatra aimed at raising the issues. He invited all the students and youths to join the yatra through different districts of the state on the way to Patna. He, however, did not specify its time period.
Allavaru, who is also the national in charge of Youth Congress, said the state govt did not work for "dawai, padhai, kamai and mehngai (health, education, jobs and price rise)" forcing the youths to migrate to other states for these things. He said Congress national leaders would also join the yatra from time to time.
Kanhaiya said when the state govt unsuccessfully tried to fill the vacancies, the students faced paper leak and police lathicharge for protesting against the system. "Here, a three-year graduation course is a five-year plan as there are 10 teachers in a college for 25,000 students," he said.
NSUI national president Varun Choudhary, Youth Congress president Uday Bhanu Chib, state Youth Congress president Shiv Prakash Garib Das and Bihar NSUI chief Suraj Kumar also addressed the reporters.
Chib demanded govt action against corruption and paper leak and a strong policy to check migration from the state.
Choudhary said the NSUI and Youth Congress would fight for the rights of the students protesting the BPSC paper leak and lathicharge. He said the yatra is not only for and by the Congress units but every student and youth, who feel deprived in the state.
Das said Bihar has become a workers' factory because of the poor education system and lack of jobs. "The govt talks about digital India but how many schools in rural Bihar have digital chalks and blackboards?" he asked.
Others present on the occasion included chairman of the state Congress media cell, Rajesh Rathorre, and spokesperson Anand Madhav.