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The Times of India
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National
Kumar Shakti Shekhar | TNN

10 lakh jobs in 1.5 years: Why Varun Gandhi thanked BJP's bete noire Owaisi

NEW DELHI: It could not have been better timed. Just on Monday, dissenting BJP MP from Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh Varun Gandhi had thanked All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi for reading out his figures on unemployment in government departments during a public rally. The very next day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered the filling up of 10 lakh vacancies by the government in the next one-and-a-half years.

Encouraged by the development, Varun Gandhi thanked the PM but also asked him to expedite the filling up of sanctioned posts in the government.

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