Chandigarh, November 1:
Setting another milestone, the Punjab government led by the Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh on Saturday created a new record by providing 56856 government jobs to the youth in the last 3.5 years thereby checking the trend of brain drain from the state through migration.
Addressing the gathering in a function to hand over job letters to the youth, the Chief Minister envisioned that these jobs will transform the destiny of youth. He said that this venue has witnessed a number of such events in which youth have got jobs in various government departments. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that this reflects the commitment of the state government to ensure the well being of youth and opening new avenues of employment for them.
The Chief Minister further said that it is a matter of immense pride and satisfaction that some of the youngsters got two or three jobs during the tenure of the state government. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that ever since his first day in office he has made sure that the deserving youth get the jobs due to which more than 56,000 of them have got government jobs. He said that today 858 youth have joined the family of Punjab Government and now they will become an active partner in social and economic progress of the state.
The Chief Minister said that this is not any favor for the youth of the state but they deserved these jobs due to their caliber but none of the previous governments ever bothered about them. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that it is a matter of immense pride and satisfaction that these youth have got jobs completely on the basis of merit. He exhorted the newly recruited youth to become integral part of the government adding that now should serve the people with missionary zeal.
The Chief Minister hoped that the new recruits will use their pen for helping the needy and underprivileged sections of society. He said that the newly recruited youth should ensure maximum welfare of the public so that every section of society is benefited from it. He said that it is a matter of immense pride and satisfaction that the state government has till now given more than 56,000 government jobs to the youth adding that all the recruitments have been made completely on merit.
The Chief Minister said that the recruitments have been done after adopting a complete transparent process and the youths have been given jobs after clearing the exams in cut throat competition. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that the sole agenda of his government from day one has been to empower the youth by giving government jobs to them. He said that today is Punjab Day but whether it is really a moment of rejoicing when the state was divided into so many pieces.
The Chief Minister said that the previous government had never bothered to give jobs to youth of the state as they were only concerned about their families and their well being. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that now in dearth of any tangible issue, the opposition are defaming him to fulfill their vested interests adding that their conspiracies will not work as people of the state are well aware of their tantrums. He said that the students from the government schools cracked prestigious exams like NEET, JEE and JEE Advanced, which is a clear indicator of change in ground level.
The Chief Minister said that those leaders who had patronized the drug trade have already been put behind bars adding these leaders not only used to patronize drug trade across the state but ironically they even sold/ supplied the drugs in their official government vehicles. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that in the past no one had previously dared to arrest these affluent leaders, but now his government has done so and they will have to pay the price for their sins. He said that, surprisingly, when this Akali leader was arrested, the unholy nexus between the political parties was exposed as they cried for human rights violations and demanded special cells and facilities for the accused.
The Chief Minister bemoaned that as a part of planned conspiracy, Punjab is defamed for pollution in the national capital on pretext of stubble burning whereas the reality is completely different. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that those blaming Punjab for pollution in Delhi forget that Haryana falls between state and national capital whereas they don’t name it for this chaos. He categorically asked the leaders why the AQI of Delhi is so poor nowadays whereas paddy straw burning is not taking place in the state.
The Chief Minister said that previous governments never bothered to change the health system as they received kickbacks and facilities from multi national hospital chains. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that they promoted private Health and Education facilitates due to which the public sector lagged behind in these fields. However, he said that his government has laid stress on rejuvenating these sectors due to which revolutionary changes are being witnessed in them.
On the occasion Cabinet Minister Dr. Balbir Singh and others were also present.
