chandigarh punjab congress president capt amarinder singh on saturday announced that 35 of the 117 party tickets in 2017 assembly elections will be allotted to the youth he said this had been suggested by the congress vicepresident rahul gandhiaddressing a function organised here to announce the formal merger of the youth organisation of india yoi and induction of about 100 workers of the aam aadmi party into congress capt amarinder appealed to the youth to come forward and join the political processhe claimed that the youth representation by way of party tickets will be based on their hard work and contribution towards the party and not any kinship or relationshipi am aware of your expectations and aspirations and i want you not only to realise your own dreams but also be part of the entire decision making process at political and economic level he saidat the same time he told them that this was going to be his last election and his only aim was to see the smile back on the faces of all the punjabis the future belongs to all of you and we in the congress want your maximum participation in leadership and representation in the punjab vidhan sabha he saidi dont need or seek 25 years just give me five years to launch punjab back on the path to prosperity and glory and bring back the smile on every punjabis face he said amidst thundering applause from the youth while referring to sukhbir badal who has been seeking 25 years to rule punjab god forbid if that happens imagine what will happen to punjab as they have already devastated it beyond redemption in just nine years he warnedspelling out his vision for the empowerment of youth including political economic and financial he said besides allotting 35 party tickets to them the congress government will ensure one job to each family he said this will include jobs in both government and private sectors besides developing and providing entrepreneurship skills and opportunities to themcapt amarinder pointed out the badals had monopolised every trade and business with the result the wealth was concentrated within a single family and its close relatives and aides he said he will break this monopoly and ensure proper distribution of wealthfor this he said the route permits will be distributed among the youth they will also be provided soft loans for buying and operating buses this way he pointed out more families will get benefitted instead of one single family similarly he said the cable distribution sand mining and liquor trade will also have widespread participation of the youthearlier capt amarinder announced the merger of the yoi into the congress in presence of hundreds of its activists led by their president rajwinder singh dhanolaspeaking on the occasion dhanola said the youth were looking towards capt amarinder for development and jobs he said the aap volunteers who joined the congress were dismayed and disgruntled with the aap leadership who had come from outside like delhi