The News Freedom
Chandigarh, November 10
Punjab Chief Minister, Bhagwant Singh Mann, on Friday gave Diwali gifts to 583 youth by handing over appointment letters to them in various departments thereby taking the total tally of jobs to 37683. Addressing the gathering here after handing over the job letters, the Chief Minister said that the name of these youth will be written in golden words when the history of the resurrection and revival of Punjab will be written. He said that these youth are now part of ‘team Punjab’ and it is the bounden responsibility of every youth to work for the welfare of the state adding that the remaining candidates who have not been given job letters will be handed over these letters soon. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that teamwork is very important which can be gauged well from the fact that those who had founded cricket have today lost from a novice team just because of the stellar performance of every teammate of the latter.
The Chief Minister said that due to the callousness of previous regimes government jobs were earlier a ‘distant dream’ for the youth of the state whereas his government has ensured that youth get the jobs as per their merit for which a transparent mechanism has been evolved. He said that the earlier government lacked the commitment and zeal to serve the masses in a true sense due to which these jobs were far away from the youth. However, Bhagwant Singh Mann said that within a year of the formation of their government, they have given 37683 jobs to eligible youth completely on a merit basis.