No rehab plan for the deportees: Bajwa

The Leader of the Opposition (LoP), Partap Singh Bajwa, on Monday asked the Punjab CM whether he had something to offer to those who have been repatriated by the Trump administration.

"Mann must refrain from giving them false hope. He has nothing to offer to the deportees and other youngsters. The third plane of deportees has arrived in the past two weeks, but the AAP government has not yet announced a rehabilitation programme, employment, and compensation. This is not a reverse migration as Mann calls it. They have been deported. In the absence of any rehabilitation and compensation, such statements are like rubbing salt on the wounds of the deportees," Bajwa added.

Bajwa stated, "First and foremost, the AAP government should arrest all illegal travel agents, who were involved in human smuggling and get victims' money refunded. The deportees put everything at stake to illegally migrate to the US. Now they have nothing to restart their lives."

He further said Mann claimed youngsters were returning from abroad to take up government jobs. This is a completely inauthentic and misleading statement. Can Mann provide Punjabis with data as to how many youngsters returned to Punjab permanently from abroad to join government jobs? His other claim to provide 50,000 jobs also seemed baseless as he has failed to give the details.