Amarinder Singh stated those that make a sacrifice for the nation ought to by no means be forgotten(FILE)
Chandigarh:
Under hearth from the opposition over giving jobs to sons of two Congress MLAs, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday defended his authorities’s determination, saying it was a recognition of the sacrifices made by their grandfathers, who laid down their lives for the nation.
The Punjab cupboard on Friday determined to nominate Arjun Pratap Singh Bajwa as an inspector within the Punjab Police and Bhisham Pandey as a naib tehsildar within the state’s Revenue Department as a “special case” on “compassionate” floor.
Arjun Pratap Singh Bajwa is the son of Qadian MLA Fateh Jung Singh Bajwa whereas Ludhiana legislator Rakesh Pandey is the daddy of Bhisham Pandey.
Arjun Bajwa is the grandson of former Punjab Minister Satnam Singh Bajwa, who laid his life in 1987 for the sake of peace and concord within the state whereas Bhisham Pandey is the grandson of Joginder Pal Pandey who was gunned down by terrorists in 1987, the federal government had stated on Friday.
The Chief Minister on Saturday stated those that make a sacrifice for the nation can, and will, by no means be forgotten.
Their households should be compensated for the loss, he additional stated whereas informally interacting with media individuals outdoors the residence of Milkha Singh, the place he had gone to pay his final respects to the legendary athlete.
Taking a swipe on the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which have criticised the federal government’s transfer, the Chief Minister stated if these events present names of any youth whose father/grandfathers have made comparable sacrifices for the nation, they can even be offered jobs within the state authorities.
The Chief Minister stated he had tried to search out such individuals in these events however might discover none, he stated.
He asserted that he would give jobs to anybody coming from a household that had made comparable sacrifices.
The Chief Minister identified that Punjab had been by powerful instances at nighttime days of terrorism, when 35,000 harmless lives had been misplaced to mindless violence.
As many as 1,700 police personnel had additionally died, he recalled, including that it was not enough to pay tributes to those individuals at their memorials, and the state wanted to do one thing extra to compensate their households.
“We cannot allow their sacrifices to go waste,” stated the chief minister, including that Punjab salutes those that have shed blood for the nation, and his authorities will proceed to recognise their contribution to the state’s peace and concord.
Meanwhile, the SAD urged the Punjab governor to dismiss the Congress authorities by taking suo motu discover of the style during which the chief minister was allegedly “purchasing” the loyalty of Congress legislators to “save his chair by doling out jobs to their wards illegally.”
SAD chief Bikram Singh Majithia additionally requested the youth whose rights had been “usurped” by Congress leaders to ”gherao” the chief minister and ministers to demand jobs for deserving and meritorious college students.
He stated in case the governor didn’t take motion within the matter, the president ought to be aware of the “unconstitutional” appointments and dismiss the Amarinder Singh authorities instantly.
He stated the SAD-BSP alliance would quash all “illegal” appointments made on compassionate grounds and in addition register circumstances in opposition to these chargeable for the wrongdoing, as soon as voted to energy.
Majithia stated it’s condemnable that Amarinder Singh had taken an oath to supply jobs to every family and even bought varieties stuffed by the youth on this regard.
“However jobs have only been given to ”crorepati” Congressmen be it the family of former chief minister Beant Singh whose grandson was recruited as a DSP, wards of Congress MLAs Fateh Jung Bajwa and Rakesh Pandey,” he alleged.
The SAD chief stated each the candidates had been “not eligible” for jobs underneath compassionate grounds.
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