Kannada activist Vatal Nagaraj held a demonstration in Mysuru on Sunday urging the State government to take necessary steps to provide employment to graduates and diploma holders instead of handing out a monthly dole.
Speaking to reporters at a demonstration at Sri Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar Circle, earlier known as Hardinge Circle, Mr. Nagaraj said the State government was “insulting” the young graduates and diploma holders by providing the unemployed among them ₹3,000 and ₹1,500 respectively every month instead of providing them employment.
The monthly financial support given by the State government under its Yuva Nidhi scheme was a measly sum that was not enough even to buy themselves a dosa and tea in a hotel, Mr. Nagaraj said while urging the government to appoint a Minister exclusively dedicated to looking into the total number of graduates and diploma holders passing out of the educational institutions in the State so that necessary employment avenues are created for them.
