Urging the State Government to fill vacancies in various
departments and to highlight various other demands, the cadre of
Democratic Youth Federation of India began ‘padayatra’ from eight
locations in the State on Sunday. The yatra began simultaneously in
Chennai, Kanyakumari, Coimbatore, Puducherry, Tiruvallur, Rameswaram,
Hosur and Theni.
As part of the call given by the
party’s State unit, the padayatra in Krishnagiri district began at
Denkanikottai on Sunday and reached Shoolagiri on Monday noon. The yatra
was expected to reach Krishnagiri on Tuesday (December 11).
The cadre would converge in Tiruchi on December 18 via Dharmapuri, Salem, Namakkal and Karur district, organisers said.
The
padayatra at Denkanikottai was lead by the party’s state deputy
secretary K. Prabhakaran and State Committee member S.K. Sekkar.
The
yatra was flagged off by D. Ravindran, State General Secretary,
Tamilnadu Sugarcane Farmers’ Association. M. Annamalai, Party's district
president, L. Aswath Narayanan, district secretary and others
participated.
Speaking to
The Hindu
K. Prabhakaran said that there are over two lakh posts vacant in various
government departments and urged the State to take steps to fill the
posts.
