Scores of veterinary professionals staged protest on Friday demanding that their professional courses should be considered in the recently advertised posts by the Animal Husbandry department.
Aggrieved youth fromvarious districts of Kashmir assembled at Press Colony and staged protest.
“Few years back wewere trained as stock assistants and veterinary pharmacists by Animal Husbandrydepartment under a government scheme. Under the scheme local youth in the areaswhere there is no Animal Husbandry centre were trained so that they can caterto these areas,” said Shahnawz Reshi from Sopore.
“Earlier this month various posts were advertised includingstock assistant and veterinary pharmacists posts. Irony is that despite ourdiploma and experience in field, our year long professional courses were notconsidered. We are told to compete on the basis of 10th standard, this is sheerinjustice,” he said.
The protesting youth said that they have been meeting higherofficials of the department from last seven months but nothing has been done inthis regard.