Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday said that his sincere and honest government has given 28,873 jobs to youth in one year, whereas the previous Congress government had given around 8,000 jobs in its maiden year.
 
“Due to the callousness of previous governments, job was earlier a ‘distant dream’ for the state’s youth, whereas AAP Government has ensured that youth get jobs as per their merit for which a transparent mechanism has been evolved,” said Mann, while addressing the gathering in a function organized to hand over appointment letters to 409 newly-recruited Sub Divisional Officers (SDOs), clerks, junior draftsmen and others in Local Government, PWD, Technical Education and General Administration Departments.
 
Mann, interacting with the youth, asserted that they should follow the dictum of ‘duty is duty’ and discharge it with utmost dedication, hard work, and commitment. “As runways at the airports facilitate an airplane for its smooth take off; in the same manner, the State Government is helping the youth to realize their dreams,” he said asserting that every effort is being made to give wings to the ideas of youth and no stone is being left unturned for this noble cause.
 
He also made a fervent appeal to the youth to make all out efforts for carving an identity of their own to make a place in society adding that sky's the limit for them.
 
Making a scathing attack on the opposition parties, the Chief Minister said that those who were living in palatial houses during their heydays of power have been ousted from the state’s political scene. “The state has witnessed the dawn of a new era as these people, who were considered invincible, have been shown the door by the people. Due to this, a change has been witnessed in Punjab and for the first time, people-centric decisions have acquired the center stage in the process of governance,” he added.
 
Later, the Chief Minister also launched a placement portal or mobile app of the Technical Education Department to apprise the youth about new vistas of employment.