SAD, AAP hold protest outside Punjab Assembly

The opposition AAP and SAD held a protest outside the Punjab Assembly on Wednesday over issues related to unemployment and alleged sand and transport mafias in the state.

Members of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) accused the Congress-led government of having "completely failed" in giving jobs to the unemployed youth in the last three years.

"Unemployed youths are seeking replies from Chief Minister Amarinder Singh for not fulfilling promise of giving employment to youth," claimed SAD leader Parambans Singh Romana here, adding that the government's 'Ghar Ghar Rozgar Yojana' has failed.

Protesting Akalis, led by Bikram Singh Majithia and Sharanjit Singh Dhillon, also brought some unemployed youth along with them who were showing their degrees and claiming that they had not got any jobs yet.

The members of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), led by leader of opposition Harpal Singh Cheema, took on the Congress-led government on the issue of alleged mafias in the state.

They alleged that the sand, liquor and transport mafias still continued in the state under the Congress-led regime.

The members of the opposition shouted slogans against the state government.