Joblessness biggest obstacle to growth: AAP

Chandigarh, January 16

State A president Bhagwant Mann on Sunday said unemployment was the biggest obstacle in the development of Punjab. Mann said earlier young people used to do direct jobs or their own business after getting their degrees from colleges and universities. But, today due to the lack of employment young people were falling victims to depression and drugs. Both money and talented people of Punjab were moving abroad because of the incompetent governments. “For the all-around progress of Punjab, it is most important to stop migration and this drain of talent and energy,” he said, criticising the Congress for failing to give employment to every household of Punjab as promised during the run up to the last elections. “After the formation of their government, instead of giving jobs to unemployed youth, the Congress started giving jobs to the children and families of their MLAs, ministers, and leaders,” he said.

Will stop migration

Canada has now become another Punjab due to excessive migration. But our people have gone there under compulsion. The AAP will reverse the trend. —Bhagwant Mann, AAP president

Mann said Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev, Kartar Singh Sarabha and others sacrificed their lives to drive out the British. Today their heirs are selling their property to go abroad and work under them. “The incompetence of previous governments has made our heroes’ sacrifice go in vain,” he said. — TNS

Three more nominees announced

The AAP has announded three more candidates for the Assembly polls. Joginder Singh Mann has been fielded from Phagwara, whereas Gurpreet Singh Gogi and Ajitpal Singh Kohli have been nominated from Ludhiana West and Patiala Urban, repsectively