In India's Punjab, jobless youth take a chance with anti-establishment party


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  • Friday, 03 Feb 2017

Rupinder Kaur Ruby, an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate, speaks to reporters at Teona village, in the northern state of Punjab, India, January 27, 2017. REUTERS/Tommy Wilkes

TEONA, India (Reuters) - Twenty seven-year-old Rupinder Kaur Ruby is a political novice but her message is clear: jobs for young people.

Grabbing the microphone, the law student tells a few hundred supporters in a dusty village square in the northwest Indian state of Punjab that the ruling parties have failed them.

Limited time offer:
Just RM5 per month.

Monthly Plan

RM13.90/month
RM5/month

Billed as RM5/month for the 1st 6 months then RM13.90 thereafters.

Annual Plan

RM12.33/month

Billed as RM148.00/year

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