Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday asked the protesting youth to bear with
the State Government as it was sincerely working to complete the modalities so as to ensure that
the entire recruitment process may not be stalled due to legal technicalities.
Mann, addressing a gathering at Municipal Bhawan after handing over appointment letters to
2373 youngsters immediately after launching a massive recruitment drive to fill 26,754 posts,
Mann wished that such functions should be held regularly.
“The protesting youth should at least have patience and wait for some time to enable the
government to complete the requisite formalities for issuing appointment letters. Any action
taken in haste for handing over appointment letters to the job aspirants protesting now could be
in a tight spot in case somebody challenges it in the court,” said the Chief Minister.
Taking a dig at the previous governments, Mann said: “What these governments had been doing
in the last two months of their tenure is being done by our government in the initial two months,
which amply clears our intentions to provide jobs to the eligible candidates purely on the basis of
merit and their educational qualifications.”
Congratulating all those for getting job letters, Mann asked the concerned Ministers to post them
near to their place of residence so that they could conveniently focus on the new assignment with
utmost dedication and sincerity. On the contrary, the previous governments deliberately posted
government employees to far flung places just to harass them, he added.
Manne, however, asked the youth not to hesitate from joining even at far off places of posting as
the great personalities like former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and top film stars
Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan had left their homes to realize their dreams by excelling
in their career.
Conveying a message to the youth, Mann said that widespread unemployment in any society
leads to anti-social activities and it is our firm commitment to provide enormous job
opportunities to our youth so that they should not go astray.
Expressing satisfaction over girls outshining boys in getting appointment letters at today’s
function, Mann said that this reflects the women empowerment which would further go a long
way in enhancing their dignity in society besides eradicating social evils like dowry, gender
discrimination, female foeticide, etc.
Notably, as many as 2373 youth were given appointment letters for the posts of SDEs and Pump
Operators in Water Resources Department, besides Community Health Officers, Staff Nurses,
Ward Attendants, etc in Health and Family Welfare and Medical Education and Research
Departments.