DW BUREAU / chandigarh The Punjab cabinet on Friday gave approval to regularise services of 1925 assistant professors in the government-aided colleges of the state. A decision to this effect was taken during the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi here Friday evening, according to an official release. The Cabinet had earlier approved filling up of 1925 vacant posts of assistant professors in the grant-in-aid colleges in a phased manner at a salary of basic pay, plus grade pay, on contract for three years. Subsequently, their cases were considered for regularisation based on evaluation of their work by the committees formed for this purpose. "On completion of three years of the service of these assistant professors, their work and performance has been evaluated by the notified evaluation committees and it has been recommended to be regularized," the release said. The cabinet also gave approval for setting up two new government degree colleges in Jalandhar and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar districts. According to this decision, a new degree college named Kanshi Ram Government College will be opened at Adampur (Jalandhar) and another at village Sarhala Ranuwan in Banga (SBS Nagar). Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Friday accused the BSP leadership of backstabbing the Scheduled Castes community by "selling" the party to the Shiromani Akali Dal. He also slammed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), calling it the modern day East India Company aimed at "plundering the wealth of the state", and said its national convener Arvind Kejriwal does not even know how to milk a cow. Taking on AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal, the CM dared him to explain why Punjabis should believe him when his own "flock does not have faith in him." He claimed three of four AAP MPs elected in 2014 have left the party and even 11 out of 20 MLAs elected in 2017 have too left. Channi said this is indicative of the fact that the Aam Aadmi Party is a "house of cards that is bound to doom in a day or two". The chief minister said Kejriwal has no basic knowledge about the state due to which he does not know that in Punjab, every youth has to do multitasking every day for running his household. Kejriwal does not even know how to milk a cow, what does he know about problems of the state, Channi said. Terming AAP the "modern East India company", he said Kejriwal's party aims at "plundering wealth of the state". Channi said he himself faced hardships, so he is well aware of problems of the common man. Due to this reason only, he is ensuring optimal utilisation of all government funds for the well-being of the poor and common man, he claimed. Addressing the gathering, former Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar urged people not to vote by falling in the "malicious" propaganda of any party. "Those leaders who are teaching the lesson of nationalism to us today were nowhere in scene when India was fighting for freedom and only the Congress Party did the fighting," he added. In his address, AICC general secretary Harish Chaudhary slammed the Akalis, the BJP and the AAP leadership for working against the interest of the state. He said Channi is the representative of the poorest of poor in the state. (editor@dailyworld.in)