AAP alleges job scam in Punjab Assembly Secretariat, says jobs given to relatives of ministers, their staff

The Aam Aadmi Party accused the Punjab Assembly Secretariat of a job scam on Sunday, alleging that jobs were given to ministers' relatives and their staff.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday accused the Punjab Assembly Speaker, Deputy Speaker, and Cabinet Ministers of favouring their own close relatives and the relatives of their staff members in a job scam in the assembly secretariat.

Addressing a press conference in Chandigarh, AAP leader Harjot Singh Bains said that the majority of the jobs were given on the recommendation of Assembly Speaker Rana KP Singh, followed by cabinet ministers Manpreet Singh Badal, Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, and Brahm Mohindra, as well as the secretary, Shashi Lakhanpal Mishra, and the then Chief Secretary, Karan Avtar Singh.