Chandigarh, Aug 22 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Saturday said that his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann “is merely passing his time by cracking jokes”.
He asked CM Mann to explain what happened to the promises made by the Aam Aadmi Party to women and youth during the last elections. The Aam Aadmi Party had promised to provide Rs 1,000 every month to women, and nearly five years of the government’s tenure have passed, with the next elections now around the corner.
“Yet, the Punjab Chief Minister is still asking women from the stage whether he should deposit one month’s, two months’ or three months’ money into their accounts. What else can this be if not a joke? Similarly, due to the poor law and order situation, industries are migrating from Punjab, creating an employment crisis for the youth, while frustrated and disappointed youngsters are increasingly falling into the trap of drug addiction,” CM Saini said.
He was speaking to women at the Teej festival organised in Ghanaur town of Patiala district in Punjab. He gave women a message of women’s empowerment, self-reliance and building a drug-free society.
CM Saini said that before the elections, the Haryana government had promised women a monthly assistance of Rs 2,100 and fulfilled this promise immediately after forming the government. The government made a provision of Rs 5,000 crore for the scheme in its very first Budget, and 10 lakh women are now receiving Rs 2,100 every month.
He said that so far, Rs 2,000 crore has been transferred to the bank accounts of women under the scheme. Similarly, the government is providing LPG cylinders at Rs 500 to families with an annual income of up to Rs 1.80 lakh. To strengthen women running self-help groups, financial assistance of up to Rs 20 lakh is being provided. The women in Haryana are earning between Rs 4 lakh and Rs 45 lakh in just four days by participating in Swadeshi Melas. Likewise, pregnant women in Haryana are being provided Rs 6,000 for nutritious food. The government is also handing over plots, houses and flats to poor families.
CM Saini said all these schemes would also be implemented for the people of Punjab after a BJP government is formed in the state. Like Haryana, all crops of Punjab farmers will also be procured at the minimum support price (MSP), while the Bhavantar Bharpai Yojana will be implemented for potatoes and other vegetables and fruits. He said after the formation of a BJP government in Punjab, those involved in the drug trade would either quit the business or leave Punjab. Like Haryana, jobs in Punjab would also be provided to youth without “parchi and kharchi”, and the entire network of corruption in recruitment would be eliminated.
He stated there had recently been irregularities in the recruitment of Excise Inspectors in Punjab, while the Punjab and Haryana High Court had even issued a stay notice in connection with recruitment in the Health Department, as influential people were allegedly recommended for jobs, thereby cheating poor youth.
–IANS
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