Punjab CM hands over appointment letters to 450 youths

Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Tuesday made a fervent appeal to the newly recruited employees to become foot soldiers of the state government’s crusade against the twin menaces of corruption and drugs.

Addressing a gathering while handing over appointment letters to 450 youths, the CM said these recruits were now an integral part of the state government and it was their bounden duty to contribute to the fight against drugs and corruption.

The state government has provided jobs to 54,142 persons over the past three years, he claimed. The latest appointments have been made in Housing, Agriculture, Water Resources, Sports and Youth Services, Local Government, Health and Family Welfare, School Education, Water Supply and Sanitation, and Excise and Taxation departments. With this, the state government had surpassed the milestone of providing over 54,000 government jobs through a transparent and merit-based process, the CM claimed.