Chandigarh, November 1
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) senior leader and Leader of Opposition Harpal Singh Cheema has written to Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi demanding all unemployed youth of the state be given jobs as the Congress came to power with the promise of ‘Ghar Ghar Rozgar’.
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Cheema also reminded the Channi government of the Congress manifesto to provide an allowance of Rs 2,500 per month to the unemployed, including arrears till date. He said due to the anti-youth policies of the Congress and the previous governments, Punjab had surpassed the national unemployment rate of 4.8 per cent with 7.32 per cent rate in the state.
Citing an example of injustice to youth, Cheema said around 650 employees in the integrated dignitaries’ protection unit under the VVIP security umbrella, which was set up in 2013, belonged to outside Punjab. Their recruitment distorted the entire seniority list of the Punjab Police and violated the rights of hundreds of eligible candidates. He also claimed 50 to 71 per cent candidates in the final list of candidates recruited for PSTCL recently were from other states. He demanded extra marks for candidates with Punjab domicile and 80 percent quota for the state youth in private jobs. — TNS
Unemployment rate ‘high’, Cheema writes to Channi
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