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JAMMU: The BJP is open to welcoming any leader who believes in the ideology of the party, Union minister Kailash Choudhary said here on Tuesday, amid a tussle between Congress leaders Sachin Pilot and Ashok Gehlot in Rajasthan.
“There is no rejection to anyone who has a grassroots connect coming to the BJP fold,” Choudhary said.
He said common people of Rajasthan are bearing the brunt of the tussle between Pilot and Gehlot.
Gehlot is busy trying to save his chair as elections approach, he said.
Presents appointment letters to 101 youth
JAMMU: Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Kailash Choudhary, on Tuesday presented appointment letters to 101 candidates for recruitment in various departments and ministries during Rozgar mela held at the Convention Centre. Mayor, Jammu Municipal Corporation, Rajinder Sharma, Chief Postmaster General, JK Circle, Kalpana Rajsinghot, Postmaster Jammu Region, Colonel Vinod Kumar and Director Postal Services, Pankaj Kumar participated in the event.
Union MoS, while addressing on the occasion, stated that this is the 5th such employment fair being organized as part of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s vision of providing 10 lakh jobs to unemployed youth of the nation. He elaborated that more than 71 thousand successful candidates, including 101 from J&K, have been provided such job letters today in 45 such events organized all over the country.
He exhorted upon the candidates to seize this opportunity to serve the nation during its Amrit Kaal and work with dedication and sincerity. He informed that the government has facilitated setting up of more than 1 lakh startups and provided numerous skill development trainings to eligible candidates over the past couple of years. He also called upon the youth to help transform India into a developed nation.
Mayor, who also addressed the gathering, highlighted the mission of the Prime Minister of providing jobs to the youth on mission mode over the years. He emphasized that empowerment is about changing lives and asked the successful candidates to work hard and act as role model for the society.
The selected youth have been recruited in Department of Posts besides other government bodies.
“There is no refusal to anyone who joins the BJP and believes in our ideology,” he said when asked about the possibility of dissident Congress leader Pilot joining the BJP.
On Monday, Pilot cited Congress’ victory in the Karnataka Assembly polls against the BJP to push for action by the Ashok Gehlot government over alleged corruption during a previous BJP rule in Rajasthan.
The former deputy chief minister mounted pressure on the chief minister and the party’s top brass with a five-day yatra which ended Monday with a big rally in Jaipur. Kailash Choudhary, the Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, made the remarks at an event here.
Choudhary alleged the Rajasthan government is deeply mired in corruption, while law and order was situation was deteriorating and women remain unsafe.
“This is not what we have said. It is what his (Gehlot) legislators and ministers are saying,” he said. Accusing the Gehlot government of pursuing a politics of “appeasement”, Choudhary said people were waiting for the upcoming Assembly elections to remove it.
