I GAVE 12L JOBS, HOW MANY DID YOU IN 10 YRS: CAPT TO SAD

CHANDIGARH:CHIEF minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday came out with a data to prove his claim on employment generation in the state and said the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) should apologise for misleading the people with their brazen, baseless and unfounded lies.

On Thursday, the SAD asked the CM to prove his claim of providing 11 lakh jobs to youth in Punjab or apologise for telling a lie. “The figure for jobs generated since April 1, 2017, is higher than the 11 lakh ‘mouthed’ by SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal while campaigning in Delhi,” Amarinder said in a statement.

As per the official data available, the number of government jobs generated from April 1, 2017, to December 31, 2019, was 57,905. Besides, 3,96,775 youths were given jobs under the private placement and another 7,61,289 by the state government in the self-employment category, he added. Attacking Sukhbir, who had questioned Amarinder’s claims, the CM said the SAD chief and his bunch of ignorant party colleagues had no clue what was happening in Punjab.