AAP demands ban on hiring retired patwaris

Amritsar, September 6

Members the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) local unit handed over a memorandum, addressed to the state government, to the district administration demanding ban on the reappointment of retired patwaris and appointment of qualified youth in the Revenue Department.

A delegation of activists, including Jiwan Jyot Kaur, president, AAP (Urban) and Seema Sodhi, president, AAP (Rural) said every day qualified youth were holding public protests in different parts of the state to get employment.

Iqbal Singh Bhullar, AAP in-charge, Amritsar, said, “The government advertised 1,090 posts of patwari recently. The government also announced to reappoint 1,766 retired patwaris, which is akin to robbing youngsters of job opportunities.”

As Deputy Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Khehra was not present in the office, the AAP delegation, which included many retired government officials, handed over the memorandum to the ADC. — TNS