Release Rs 2,500 monthly allowance to unemployed: AAP to Punjab government

Ludhiana, November 2

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders on Tuesday raised the issue of unemployment in the state. They blamed the Congress government in the state for failing to fulfil poll promises.

The leaders demanded from the Congress government to release an allowance of Rs 2,500 per month to all unemployed in the state with pending dues.

Suresh Goyal, district urban president of the party, demanded that 80 per cent quota should be fixed for the unemployed in the state in private jobs.

AAP leader Daljit Singh, aka Bhola Grewal, said the age limit should be removed for candidates of police recruitment examinations which were being postponed time and again. “As the recruitment has not been done for a long time, a large number of youngsters have become overage. Thus, the condition of the upper age limit should be removed.”

Meanwhile, the leaders staged a protest at Gian Singh Rarewala Market in Ludhiana against the alleged illegally plying private buses from Ludhiana to other states. AAP leader Ashok Prashar Pappi alleged that these buses were plying illegally from the market here by charging double fares from passengers. He alleged that no action was being taken against the same.

Meanwhile, an employee of a private bus that was supposed to ply from Ludhiana to Ballia in UP denied the allegations levelled by the AAP leaders. A man who claimed to be the owner of the private bus said they pay all taxes to the government and the buses were plying between Ludhiana and UP with the required approval. He said allegations levelled by AAP were completely false. — TNS