Jaitley has rejected yet another demand: PPP
Monday, 15/09/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140915/punjab.htm#10
Chandigarh : People's Party of Punjab chief (PPP) Manpreet Singh Badal today criticised Defence Minister Arun Jaitley for “rejecting” the state's demand to revert to the earlier practice of merit rather than state-wise quota in recruitment to the armed forces.
Terming it as another "failure" of the SAD-BJP government, Manpreet urged Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to take up the issue again. He reminded Jaitely of the sacrifices made by the Punjabis in various wars and how their valour was world-renowned.
Manpreet said the Punjab youths needed more recruitment opportunities so that they could come out of the drug menace as well as the lure of the foreign soil where they ended up being labourers or truck drivers.
He said at the same time the state should provide holistic approach to the problem that the Punjabi youth were failing to clear physical tests, mainly due to varied reasons, of which drug use could be one.
