Punjab Congress going Centre's way: AAP

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 20

Expressing grief over the death of Gurpreet Singh (40), a temporary teacher staging dharna near Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s residence in Morinda, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said the Channi government was following in the footsteps of the Modi government.

Probe corruption in Puncom

AAP criticised the government for doing nothing against the alleged rampant corruption in Puncom, the only surviving public sector entity in the state. It demanded an inquiry into the irregularities disclosed by the CAG audit

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Senior AAP leader and Leader of Opposition Harpal Singh Cheema said just as the Modi government’s arrogance cost 750 farmer lives in the farmers’ movement, the Channi government’s indifference to protesting teachers was proving dear. He said: “Chief Minister Channi should tell that how many more lives of teachers will be taken before regularisation of their jobs?”

He said for the past 15-20 years, the educated youth had been protesting for employment and were constantly facing government atrocities. Lakhs of youth had crossed the age limit too waiting for the jobs, forcing them to either go abroad or get trapped in the quagmire of drug addiction. Many have even committed suicide in despair, he added. But neither the Badal-BJP government nor the Congress government paid any attention to the problem. “First an ETT teacher lost his life while protesting in Mohali, now this young teacher, Gurpreet Singh, has lost his life staging a sit-in near Channi’s house,” Cheema said.