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.