Announcing a decisive fight against unemployment, paper leaks, reservation scams, and increasing social discrimination in Uttar Pradesh, Aam Aadmi Party Uttar Pradesh in-charge and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh stated that the party will launch the third phase of its ‘Rojgar Do – Samajik Nyay Do Padayatra’ from January 16 to 22.
The padayatra will cover an approximately 90-100 kilometre route from Shaheed Udyan in Mirzapur to Sarnath in Kashi-Varanasi.
He said that the party’s objective is to provide jobs to the youth, constitutional justice to the deprived sections, and make the government accountable to the people.
At a press conference here on Saturday, AAP MP Sanjay Singh said that an organised racket is being run in Uttar Pradesh in the name of employment. “Sometimes paper leaks, sometimes the High Court issues a stay order, and sometimes the government appeals in the Supreme Court. This results in the youth wandering from door to door with files in their hands and dreams in their eyes.”
He said that the future of young people has been ruined by repeated irregularities in examinations for positions such as Lekhpal (revenue officer), Sub-Inspector, Constable, and PCS-J (Provincial Civil Service – Judicial).
Singh alleged that constitutional reservation for OBCs, SCs, and STs in recruitment processes has been systematically undermined. “Whether it’s the 69,000 teacher recruitments, Banda University, Lakhimpur Cooperative Bank, or the Animal Husbandry Department, the right to reservation has been violated everywhere. This reservation is not a gift from the BJP, but a constitutional right, and this right is being trampled upon.” He clarified that social justice is central to the issue, as both jobs and dignity are being snatched away.
He said that incidents of social humiliation have also increased in the state — sometimes an elderly person is humiliated by being forced to drink urine, sometimes a religious preacher’s hair is cut because he belongs to a backward caste, and sometimes a CRPF jawan is prevented from riding a horse. “This has become the picture of Uttar Pradesh, and this padayatra (foot march) will change this very picture.”
Sanjay Singh said that this padayatra will be the voice of every section of society that is fighting for its rights — the weaver community suffering from unemployment, street vendors whose shops have been demolished by bulldozers, ASHA workers, Anganwadi workers, Rozgar Sevaks, Shiksha Mitras, and employees struggling for regularisation and pensions. He appealed to the public to join this movement and put pressure on the government to provide jobs.
He said that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) delivers results when it is in power and fights for the people from the streets to Parliament, where it is in the opposition. “A preparatory meeting has already been held in the Kashi region, and we are confident that this third phase will also be historic, just like the first two phases.”