Soon after the distribution of offer letters to the youth, the Shiromani Akali Dal on Tuesday described the mega job fair as a “mega fraud” on the youth of Punjab who had been denied Government jobs and instead been handed over offer letters of private companies which they were already getting under regular placement drives held by technical institutions.
Former minister and SAD general secretary Bikram Singh Majithia said it was unfortunate that a bogus programme had been given the nomenclature of Rozgar Mela and was being touted as fulfillment of the ghar ghar naukari promise made by the Congress party prior to the assembly elections.
In a statement, Majithia said the Congress Government had not gone in for any recruitment and had not even filled vacant posts in Government departments. If one were to take the Congress promise of ghar ghar yojna at face value then its Government needs to create one lakh jobs per month cater to 50 to 60 lakh households in the State”, he added.
He said it was now clear that the promise had been made only to attract youth votes. “More such false promises were made including free mobile phones which the youth are still coming to grip with”.
Majithia said the Congress Government would not be allowed to get away by cheating the youth. We will create a public movement against all the frauds perpetrated by the Congress party against Punjabi youth. “We will start a movement to fill all government vacancies as well as genuine placement in private companies as per qualifications and merit along with appropriate reservation”, he added.