Nagpur: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said that his government will take every step to restore pristine glory of state in every field.
“We will give impetus to employment, sports and industrial growth besides eradicating corruption, unemployment, drugs and pollution from Punjab to make it a frontrunner state in country” said Mann on Sunday here during a function to mark Golden jubilee of leading newspaper Lokmat.
The Chief Minister said that his predecessors have looted the state mercilessly due to which the state once known for vigour of its sons in Army, sportsmanship of players like late Dara Singh and sweetness of its water has lagged behind. He said that due to negligence of previous governments drugs have made inroads in the state. However, he said that his government will reverse all these things and make Punjab a leading state in country.
The Chief Minister, while underscoring need for new employment opportunities, said that there is need to replace ‘drug syringes’ with ‘tiffin boxes’ to wipe out drug menace. He said that any person who is gainfully employed carrying a tiffin box to his office won’t have any time for drug syringes. Mann said that within 50 days his government has put the wheels in motion to provide government jobs to youth through a transparent, neutral and merit based mechanism.