Chandigarh: Stepping up political outreach beyond Haryana, chief minister Nayab Singh Saini criticised the Punjab govt over the drug crisis and unemployment, while highlighting the BJP’s welfare measures for Other Backward Classes (OBCs).Speaking at the 756th Prakashotsav of Sant Namdev Ji Maharaj in Chandigarh on Sunday, Saini announced a grant of Rs 21 lakh for Namdev Bhawan.The CM expressed concern over drugs and law and order, urging concrete action to protect youth and warning against politicising the issue.Leaders from the Namdev community suggested that the community in Punjab looks toward the BJP’s governance model with expectations, calling for measures like a tailoring and embroidery board and the revival of a Sant Namdev Chair at an Amritsar university.Saini highlighted the BJP’s measures for backward classes, including increasing the creamy layer income limit from Rs 6 lakh to Rs 8 lakh, reserving 27% of govt jobs for the BC-A category and organising state-level events to honour saints and historical figures.
