BJP safeguarding interests of country’s youth: Modi

New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday drew the battle lines between the ruling BJP and the Opposition, asserting that the country will now decide whether the future of youth will depend on dynastic parties which looted them with “rate cards” for jobs or his government which is working to “safeguard” their prospects.

Modi used a “Rozgar Mela” (employment fair) to launch a blistering attack on the Congress and other opposition parties, linking their stint in power with political corruption, nepotism and malpractice in different schemes, including in recruitment process, while crediting his government for ushering in an era of transparent and quicker employment exercise.

He also accused some parties of using language as a weapon to spread conflict and division in the country while his government has used it to create employment and empower people. The prime minister took no names but made an apparent reference to reports about “rate card” for different government jobs in the Trinamool Congress-ruled West Bengal and prevalence of “cut money” in the state. He also took a swipe at Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Prasad Yadav, noting that a former railway minister is facing a criminal case for getting poor farmers’ land in lieu of jobs.

Addressing the newly-recruited government employees after distributing appointment letters to over 70,000 people, he said dynastic parties had betrayed the youth by encouraging corruption and nepotism in the recruitment process. Recruitment process earlier used to take one to one-and-a-half years, but now it gets over in a few months transparently, he said.

“We have seen how dynastic political parties promoted nepotism and corruption in all systems. When it came to government jobs, these parties encouraged nepotism and corruption. These dynastic parties have betrayed crores of youth,” he said without naming any party.