A village college in Sangrur district became the stage for a direct conversation between Punjab's top elected official and its youngest citizens on Sunday, 25 October 2026. Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann travelled to Desh Bhagat College in Baradwal village to attend a Yuvak Mela (Youth Fair), where he spoke candidly with students and young job seekers about their futures, employment opportunities, and the state's government recruitment process.

What Mann told students at Baradwal

At the gathering, CM Mann shared his views on three interlocking concerns that dominate campus conversations across Punjab — the academic and career futures of students, the availability of employment opportunities, and the transparency of sarkari bharti (government recruitment). The visit was positioned as an act of encouragement: the post from the Chief Minister's Office describes the CM actively boosting the morale of students and youth present at the event. No specific new scheme or announcement was detailed in the official communication.

Baradwal, Sangrur — and why the venue matters

Desh Bhagat College is a higher-education institution rooted in Baradwal village, serving students from the largely agrarian Sangrur district. Sangrur is not a metropolitan hub — it is the kind of constituency where rural youth face an acute gap between educational aspiration and available jobs. Bringing the Chief Minister to this campus, rather than a major city auditorium, is itself a signal: the AAP government has since its March 2022 election win repeatedly framed campus outreach in rural districts as a governance priority, not merely a campaign trail gesture.

Punjab's youth employment push since 2022

The Aam Aadmi Party government under Mann came to power on a platform that placed youth unemployment and recruitment transparency at its centre. Since then, the administration has repeatedly promised to break the cycle of opaque hiring and delayed government job notifications that frustrated young Punjabis for years. Yuvak Melas and college interactions have become a recurring format — a direct-to-campus pipeline that lets the CM field concerns before they calcify into grievances. The pattern of such events, from urban colleges to rural campuses like Baradwal, reflects a deliberate effort to sustain that conversation through the full term.

For the students of Desh Bhagat College, the visit from the state's highest office was a moment of visibility. Whether the broader promises on jobs and recruitment timelines translate into tangible notifications will be the measure by which this outreach is ultimately judged.