Pilibhit (UP):BJP MP Varun Gandhi on his one-day visit to Pilibhit on Sunday addressed a public meeting wherein he launched attacks on the Modi-led central government accusing them of waiving loans of defaulter businessmen worth Rs 10 lakh crores in the past five years.
The MP also highlighted the problem of unemployment in the country, especially after the Covid-19 pandemic. "After Corona, not a single new recruitment has taken place in the health department, neither a doctor nor a compounder was recruited. In such a situation, if any health crisis occurs again, how will we deal with it?" he asked.
Targeting the Prime Minister, he said that Modi had said in the past that he would give 10 lakh jobs every year, but creating 10 lakh jobs is an afterthought. "The government should first fill up 1 crore vacant posts, then consider creating 10 lakh jobs," added Gandhi.
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He said that at present out of 10 government jobs in the country, seven are being distributed on contract as "rewari" (freebies). After the project is over, the contractual employees are terminated. "They are asked to work for more than 12 hours a day on a salary of Rs 2000 to 4000. If I cannot raise the issues of these contractual employees, then I cannot even take a pledge to raise the national flag of the country," shared Varun.
He further said that the politics of Hindu-Muslim is dominating and there is hardly any discussion on real issues. The MP said that he "always speaks against corruption", even if that means going against his own party as his purpose to join politics is to "serve the nation by respecting its citizens". He took a jibe at the central government saying that if there is "no honesty, there will be no patriotism".
