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Gurugram: The Haryana governments move to send 10,000 construction workers to Israel has triggered a political row in the state, with Leader of the Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda criticising the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government for planning to send them to a war-affected country from where other nations have evacuated their citizens...
The state government has dismissed the criticism, saying that its endeavouring to help young people find employment both at home and internationally, and that its initiative is intended to help workers travel safely to take up jobs abroad...
Amid the war, Israel has reportedly cancelled the work permits of thousands of Palestinians and theManohar Lal Khattar government in Haryana is seeking to use this as an opportunity to send construction workers from the state to Israel...
The Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam (HKRN), a corporation set up by the state government to supply contractual manpower to government entities, has advertised 10,000 posts in Israel for workers 3,000 shuttering carpenters, another 3,000 workers for iron bending, 2,000 for setting up ceramic tiles, and 2,000 for plastering...
At that time Haryana contradicted the data, but the manner they are now sending their workforce to a war-torn country like Israel, the government must have realised that it cant provide jobs to its youths in the state, Dhull told ThePrint Monday...
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