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L-G requests ex-servicemento channelise today's youth

Anil Baijal wants veterans to take forward their vision of nationalism

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Hinting that the anti-national protests in various colleges and university across the country is incorrect, the Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Anil Baijal said on Friday that nation does not exist if the people do not believe in nationalism.

While inaugurating a two-day convention on nationalism and patriotism, organised by Veterans India —a group of ex- servicemen— Baijal said the youngsters need to be taken in a right direction for the nation's interest.

Referring to students' protests in Jadavpur and Jawaharlal Nehru universities, Baijal said, "A nation doesn't exist if people of the country do not have nationalism."

In February 2016, anti-national event took place in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) where students had raised anti-India slogans. JNU erupted in protests over the 2013 execution of Afzal Guru, a Kashmiri separatist convicted of conspiring in an attack on Parliament 16 years ago. Five JNU students grabbed the headlines at those campus protests in which alleged anti-national?slogans were shouted.

Baijal also advised veterans to take forward their vision in spreading nationalism and also to channelise thoughts and ideas of youth in the right direction. He also requested the veterans to guide the today's misdirected youth.

Besides, Baijal said, Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprise had the potential to provide jobs for a large number of skilled labour. "Organisation like Veterans India which has trained human resources should tap the CSR funds, NGOs and institutes in providing skill-based training in order to train them to make youths access jobs in MSME sector," he said.

Skill development among youth will enable them make some money and keep them away from criminal indulgence, Baijal said.

He also shared his experience in working with armed forces in conflict zones during his tenure as a bureaucrat.

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