Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 3

State AAP MLAs and leaders today gheraoed the residence of Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh against the decision to give government jobs to the sons of Congress MLAs by “flouting rules”.

Martyrs’ families, terror-hit ignored

AAP leaders said the family members of Shaheed Udham Singh were forced to work for wages, but the state government thought it worthy to give jobs to sons of Congress MLAs
They questioned how many jobs had been given to the sons and daughters of ordinary families killed in terrorist attacks and fake encounters.

Raising slogans against the state government, the AAP leaders claimed that Capt Amarinder Singh had promised to give ‘Ghar-Ghar Rozgar’ to people before the 2017 elections and now he was fulfilling the promise by giving government jobs to the sons and daughters of Congress leaders, while the sons and daughters of the common man in the state were being humiliated in the name of job fairs. AAP MLAs Principal Budhram, Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, Kultar Singh Sandhwan, Jai Kishan Singh Rodi, Amarjit Singh Sandoa, Youth Wing co-president Anmol Gagan Mann and party’s state treasurer Neena Mittal were present on the occasion.

The AAP leaders said the state government in its tenure had earlier given the job of DSP to MP Ravneet Bittu’s brother. Now Congress MLA Fateh Jung Bajwa’s son had been recommended for appointment as DSP, MLA Rakesh Pandey’s son had been recommended for appointment as Tehsildar, while Cabinet Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot and MLA Kuldeep Singh Vaid’s sons had been recommended for appointment in the AG office, which was highly reprehensible, said the leaders.