Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on June 13 that recently a ‘cash-for-jobs scam’ was unearthed in a State where rate cards were fixed for every post.
Addressing a ‘Rozgar Mela’, where he distributed 70,000 appointment letters to newly inducted recruits in various government departments and organisations, Mr. Modi warned the youth about the ills of dynasty politics and nepotism in recruitment process.
Without taking names, Mr. Modi also highlighted the ‘land-for-jobs scam’ where a former Railway Minister of the country had acquired land in exchange for a job. He remarked that the case was being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and pending in courts.
“On one hand we have political parties that present a rate card for jobs, on the other, we have the present government that is safeguarding the future of the youth. Now, the country will decide whether the future of the youth will be governed by the rate card or by the safeguard,” the Prime Minister said.
He said while other political parties were trying to divide people in the name of language, his government had been making language a strong medium for employment. He said that emphasis on recruitment examinations in the mother tongue had been benefiting the youth.
The selected recruits from across the country, who received their appointment letters at the Rozgar Mela, will be joining the government in Department of Financial Services, Posts, School Education, Revenue, Atomic Energy, Higher Education, Audit and Accounts and Minsitries of Defence, Health and Family Welfare, Railways and Home Affairs, among others.
