Punjab CM Channi’s guarantees: 1 lakh jobs in 1 year, `2k online allowance to every college student

Punjab CM Channi’s guarantees: 1 lakh jobs in 1 year, `2k online allowance to every college student

Punjab CM Channi’s guarantees: 1 lakh jobs in 1 year, `2k online allowance to every college student

Phagwara : Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi today launched the Punjab Government Rozgar Guarantee for Youth (PRAGTY) scheme that promises to generate 1 lakh government jobs each year for youngsters, a development that comes as his government pushes for re-election this year. The scheme was later approved by the Cabinet.

Channi also promised free coaching for all competitive examinations, including IAS, PCS, armed forces and paramilitary services. He promised interest-free loans for people moving abroad and also for launching start-ups.

Joining the NCC parade with the students of Lovely Professional University here, the CM said he had been an NCC cadet in school. “My opponents say I go overboard speaking about myself, but it’s a fact I have ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ certificates of NCC,” he said. Of the nearly half an hour that he spent on the campus, most of his time passed mingling with the students.

His security team had to hurriedly follow him up as he came off stage and rushed into the overcrowded students’ gallery. He performed bhangra with the boys and even clicked selfies on their phones.

Channi ducked queries on Punjab Congress chief Navjot Sidhu’s announcements on Monday, promising Rs 2,000 per month cash incentive to homemakers, besides eight free LPG cylinders in a year. “What I have promised today are not mere announcements, but government guarantees that will be legitimated by way of an Act,” he said.

The CM, meanwhile, wasn’t seen adhering to Covid protocol, ignoring physical distancing and mask.