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The Hindu Bureau

PM Modi distributes 70,000 appointment letters, highlights cash-for-jobs, land-for-jobs scams at ‘Rozgar Mela’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on June 13 that recently a ‘cash-for-jobs scam’ was unearthed in a State where rate cards were fixed for every post.

Addressing a ‘Rozgar Mela’, where he distributed 70,000 appointment letters to newly inducted recruits in various government departments and organisations, Mr. Modi warned the youth about the ills of dynasty politics and nepotism in recruitment process.

Without taking names, Mr. Modi also highlighted the ‘land-for-jobs scam’ where a former Railway Minister of the country had acquired land in exchange for a job. He remarked that the case was being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and pending in courts.

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