Student union seeks quota for Punjabis in jobs

The Punjab Students Union (PSU) held a convention today at Desh Bhagat Yadgar Hall, Jalandhar, on the issue of reservation in jobs for Punjab residents, in which active leaders from different districts of the PSU participated.

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Addressing the convention, PSU state president Ranveer Singh Kurar said the government should make a law regarding 90 per cent reservation in jobs for residents. In Haryana, this ratio is 85 per cent and in Ladakh, it is 95 per cent. But there is no such law in Punjab.

According to statistics, out of 1,100 linemen, more than 400 were recruited from Haryana. In Punjab State Transmission Corporation Limited, 71 per cent of the recruitment have been done from other states. Bhagwant Mann had raised this issue when he was an MP, but now being in power, he is ignoring it.

State general secretary Amandeep Singh Khiowali said in Punjab, it should be ensured that the marks of Punjabi language should be added to the total marks by 30 per cent and it should be ensured that the year of the residence certificate is a must for a job.

The leaders said those who were residents of Punjab and those who had come from other states and become permanent residents of Punjab should be included in the reservation.