New Delhi, Sept. 26 -- Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said that the Punjab government should give a clear answer to the people on the issue of employment.
The Aam Aadmi Party had promised to provide employment to 20 lakh youth in Punjab and therefore, the government should issue a white paper and state how many youth had actually been provided employment in five years.
He said providing employment to youth was not merely an electoral promise but an issue linked to their future and the economic security of their families.
The CM was addressing workers at a programme organised in Amritsar during his visit to Punjab on Saturday. On the occasion, he also welcomed workers from different parties who joined the BJP.
Saini said that the Congress had also promised employment in every household in Punjab, while the Aam Aadmi Party had similarly made promises to the people. However, the question before the people today is what the actual outcome of these promises has been.
He demanded that the Punjab govt make the employment figures public.
The Chief Minister said that during the approximately 18-month tenure of the present government in Haryana, around 45,000 youth had been provided government jobs without Parchi and Kharchi.
He said the government had given priority to transparency in the recruitment process and youth had been given an opportunity to move ahead on the basis of their merit.
He said the recruitment process for around 5,600 posts in the Haryana Police is underway, while recruitment and interview processes for around 8,000 other departmental posts are also in progress.
He said the government's endeavour is to ensure that youth do not have to approach any political person or middleman for employment.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Millennium Post.