Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann gives away job letters to 355 youngsters

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday gave away 355 appointment letters here on Monday, taking the total number of government jobs provided since 2022 to 67,037.

The appointments pertained to various departments, including technical education, local government, water supply, animal husbandry and public works.

The CM said all jobs were given purely on merit, without recommendation or political influence. Addressing the new recruits, Mann said while 93 examination papers had been leaked across the country since 2017, Punjab did not witness a single such incident since the AAP government took over in 2022. The CM announced that around 65,000 contractual employees would get regularised as the government moved to end the contractor-based employment system.