PM Modi attacks Lalu, Mamata, says his govt has safeguard against their rate-cards

NEW DELHI: In a veiled attack on two former railway ministers, Lalu Yadav and Mamata Banerjee, prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday accused them of taking cash for jobs whereas the dispensation under him is striving to safeguard the future of the youth seeking jobs.
“We have seen reports in media about a cash for job scam in a state. Investigations have exposed a serious scam of cash for jobs in a state, which is a matter of great concern to the youth of my country,” the prime minister said in a virtual address after distributing 70000 job letters under the Rozgar Mela. The prime minister further said, “If you want a government job, then there is a rate card for every post. The poor are being looted through rate cards. The rate is fixed for each post. If you want the job of a sweeper then there is a different rate for that, if you want the job of a driver then there is a different rate for that. If you want the job of nurse, clerk or teacher then there is a different rate for that. For each post, the rate card runs in that state and cut-money runs. Selfish political parties make rate cards for jobs.”

The prime minister referred to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) exposing a cash-for-jobs racket in West Bengal’s municipalities and municipal corporations. The agency, while probing a teacher recruitment scam, stumbled upon evidence of another scam involving group D and group C positions. Without taking any names, the Prime minister also referred to the land for job scan in which Lalu Yadav and his family members are accused.
“A few days ago another case came to the fore. A railway minister had taken the land of poor farmers in exchange for giving them a job. The case of land being taken in exchange of job is also going on in CBI,” the prime minister said.

He said two things are clear, on the one hand, there are parties that do nepotism, dynast parties, parties that loot the youth of the country in the name of employment. “Rate card in everything, cut money – their way is rate card whereas we are working to safeguard the bright future of the youth,” the prime minister asserted.
He said the rate card shatters future and dreams of the youth. “We are engaged in safeguarding the lives and dreams of the youth and Working to make your resolutions come true,” the prime minister added.