Overview
- Mann, who spoke at Lok Milni events in Mohali on Saturday and Hoshiarpur on Sunday, urged young people to shift from job seeking to starting ventures as the state builds support for startups and local work.
- He said he will meet the President on May 5 to seek a stricter law against party switching after seven AAP Rajya Sabha MPs joined the BJP, arguing defections betray voters.
- The chief minister cited delivery claims that include more than 65,000 government jobs, 300 units of free power for most households, and cashless hospital care up to ₹10 lakh under the Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojana.
- In Hoshiarpur’s Dasuya area, he announced an Additional Deputy Commissioner post, a ₹25 lakh grant for a community hall in Ghogra, updates on a planned medical college, and a May 5 start for the next round of women’s cash-assistance registrations.
- He highlighted a new law that mandates life imprisonment for sacrilege of the Guru Granth Sahib and said the government is pursuing tougher action on drug trafficking, which he cast as a break from what he called years of misrule by Akali Dal and Congress.