Centre's move to recruit 10 lakh employees | BJP hails announcement, Opposition dubs it as 'jumle-baazi'

The direction from PM Modi came following a review of the status of human resource in all government departments and ministries

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's directive to various government departments and ministries to undertake recruitment of 10 lakh people in the next year and a half, even as the Opposition dubbed it as " jumle-baazi (rhetoric)" and reminded him that the promise was to provide two crore jobs every year.

The direction from PM Modi came following a review of the status of human resource in all government departments and ministries, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said.

Reacting to the announcement, BJP chief J.P. Nadda said, "We are grateful to our Hon. PM Shri @narendramodi for this new mission of recruiting 10 lakh people into different government departments and ministries in 1.5 years." "This shows our government's emphasis on job creation for our youth and focus on efficient management of workload," he said on Twitter.

Describing it as a farsighted decision, Home Minister Amit Shah said this will make India's young population disciplined, skilled, fit and financially empowered so as to make them self-reliant.

This will be a foundation of 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' in a true sense, he said.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, however, took a swipe at the Centre over the announcement, saying this is a government of not 'jumlas' but 'maha jumlas'.

Mr. Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi, "Just like eight years ago the youth were deceived with a promise of 2 crore jobs every year, in the same manner it is now the turn of 10 lakh government jobs." "This is a government of not jumlas (rhetoric) but maha jumlas," the former Congress chief said.