Punjab Chief MinisterBhagwant Mann chaired the first Cabinet meeting in Chandigarh on Saturday during which a proposal to provide 25,000 government jobs, including 10,000 vacancies in the Punjab Police department and 15,000 vacancies in other government departments was passed.
The AAP in its poll promises had said that after the formation of the government, they will provide jobs to the unemployed youths.
Arvind Kejriwal promised to improve condition of government schools, hospitals
During the election campaign in Punjab, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal promised to improve the condition of government schools and hospitals in the state, generate employment avenues, free electricity up to 300 units per billing cycle and also promised Rs 1,000 per month to women above 18 years.He had also promised a corruption-free government and controlling drug menace in the state.
Earlier on Thursday, the Punjab Chief Minister announced that an anti-corruption helpline will be launched in the state on ‘Shaheed Diwas (Martyr’s Day)’ on March 23.
Mann had said that the people will be able to lodge complaints against corruption via WhatsApp.
This initiative will empower the public to upload videos of corrupt officials demanding bribes for their day to day work or indulging in other malpractices.
The CM has promised that strict action would be taken against such elements.
The CM also urged officials to turn the state into a frontrunner while addressing his maiden meeting after taking the oath.‘Discharge your duties as public servants in letter and spirit’
Top officials of the state’s civil and police administration must discharge their duties as public servants in the letter and spirit, he added.
Earlier, on March 17, Punjab’s newly-elected MLAs, including Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, took oath as members of the Legislative Assembly.
The AAP leader and the party’s face for recently held Punjab Assembly polls took oath as the Chief Minister of the state on March 16.
The AAP won a landslide victory in the recently concluded Punjab Assembly polls, winning 92 seats, pushing most of its rivals to the margins of the electoral politics in the state.
