The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday started its first session of “Bolda Punjab – Punjab Dialogue” with youth in which unemployment, menace of drug-abuse, standards of education and lack of women safety emerged as key issues concerning youth.
The party began the initiative to finalise its poll manifesto with gathering of youth at Orchid Resort at landra in Mohali, in which youngsters thronged the venue to share their views on burning issues and its possible solutions.
Head of the “Punjab Dialogue” Kanwar Sandhu along with senior AAP leaders Ashish Khetan, Sanjay Singh, Sucha Singh, Chhotepur, Bhagwant Mann and Harjot Bains gave a patient hearting to the concerns of youth and preferred to listen them rather than addressing.
Registration of bogus cases against youth was one of the key issues came up during Punjab Dialogue for which AAP leaders promises setting up of a Commission to review such cases and fix responsibility of erring police officials.
When one of the unemployed youth complained of repeated assault on linemen, teachers, anganwari workers and others at SAD-BJP rallies, Sandhu assured them that all such cases will be reviewed and considered sympathically when AAP comes to power. “There will be an absolute rule of law” Sandhu assured them.
Sandhu and Khetan after listening to the youth said “issues of Education, Health and Unemployment will be focused area of poll manifesto. We have come to know the problems through Punjab Dialogue and will find out the solutions of these to be incorporated in the agenda of AAP”.
“like Delhi AAP will bring Govt schools in Punjab at par with the best in the private sector and new schools will be opened with the massive improvement in the existing schools”, Khetan added.
AAP leader Bhagwant Mann said Badal Government is patting its back on the massive increase in the Blue Cards for ‘Atta-Dal’ Scheme year by year, ignoring the fact that due to its failure only this increase was witnessed, he added.
First time in Punjab, when youth themselves would write their manifesto, AAP leaders said appealing youth to send their suggestions and feedback to aappunjabdialoge@gmail.com or on website — www.punjabdialoge.org.
More than 300 youths including girls gave suggestions relating to the youth problems to the Bolda Punjab Team.