Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said that generating jobs and eradicating the scourge of drugs in Punjab will be his top most priority.
Interacting with the youth of the area at the local sports stadium, he said not only will he arrange the jobs for youth, but he will also facilitate soft and easy loans to encourage the youth towards entrepreneurship, whether in transport, small industry or information technology and agriculture. He said, revival of industry and agriculture will be among his top most priorities as Punjab cannot survive without agriculture.
Capt Amarinder said, he was saddened about highly educated youths with MPhil, PhD and engineering degrees in the State applying for small and menial Government jobs. “I can understand the trauma of a highly qualified youth who is jobless”, he said, adding, “my first and foremost priority will be to provide respectable jobs to all those who are qualified, deserving and in need of these”.
Replying to a question as what action he will take against Bikram Majithia who is accused of indulging in drug trade, the PCC president said, since he (Majithia) was already facing an investigation he will wait for the outcome. “No matter whosoever, whether Majithia or anyone else is found guilty, will not just be put behind the bars but severely punished”, he said.
About the false cases registered against Congress workers, the former Chief Minister said, not only will be the cases cancelled on the first day of taking over the government, but all those responsible for registration of the false cases including both the policemen as well as the politicians on whose behest these were registered will be put behind bars and will have to face the law.
Most of the youth asked him as how he could generate so many jobs as he had guaranteed at least one job per family. To this the PCC president said, by ensuring one job per family, he did not mean only the government jobs. He said, the government jobs are very scarce. For that, he added, Punjab needs massive re-industrialisation which was not very difficult.