Amarinder Singh answered questions during a Facebook “AskCaptain” Live session
Chandigarh:
Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday excluded the quota of state youth in private sector jobs, saying Haryana’s decision to reserve local candidates for these jobs would not stand up to scrutiny judicial.
The chief minister answered questions from several young people during a live Facebook “AskCaptain” session.
On July 6, the Haryana cabinet approved a proposal paving the way for an ordinance to reserve 75% of private sector jobs for young people in the state.
The constitution and law prohibit any such discrimination in private employment, said Singh when asked why his government could not follow Haryana’s reserve model in private sector jobs.
The chief minister pointed out that punjabis were used throughout the country, without restriction from any state. “We cannot prevent young people from other states from taking a job in Punjab,” he said.
Singh added that he did not think Haryana’s decision could be upheld in the courts.
Asked about the gangster Vikas Dubey’s meeting in Uttar Pradesh, the chief minister said that he could not comment on the matter but that Congress was right to demand an investigation.
The truth must be revealed, said Singh, quoted in an official statement.
To a concern expressed by an Amritsar resident over the tender for the supply of “desi ghee” to the Golden Temple by a company based in Pune instead of Milkfed, Singh said he was not not in favor of this because dairy was the “second crop” for Punjab and had to be taken care of.
Commenting that no “ghee” is better than the Punjab ghee, he hoped that the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) would reconsider its decision.
The SGPC, a gurdwara body at the top, had awarded an offer worth 60 crore rupees for the supply of “ desi ghee ” and skim milk for the manufacture of “ Karah Parshad ” and ‘ ‘langar’ to a company based in Pune.
Previously, the religious organization purchased these items from the Punjab Milkfed (Punjab State Cooperative Milk Producers Federation Limited).
In response to a question about the slow pace of land transfers, he said he had instructed the chief secretary to take special action to speed up the process and eliminate the pending mutations as soon as possible.
On a point raised by a resident of Khanna regarding the Punjab School Education Board’s certificate not recognized for international studies in certain countries like Australia, the chief minister said that he would discuss the matter with the Australian government and the urged that the PSEB school be given due recognition. degrees.
