Dissident BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Friday took a dig at the "nationalist Government" at the Centre for "not filling-up" around 1.21 lakh vacancies in Army and paramilitary forces and keeping "jobless youth" waiting for the last three years.
The BJP MP from Uttar Pradesh who has been critical of his party and Government's policies and progarmme said, “Youth are in desperation as there is no recruitment in the Army and para-military forces for last three years."
The MP from Pilibhit who has kept himself aloof from the crucial ongoing elections in UP, said ,“Young men training and running hard for last three years in the hope of getting into the army and para-military are hopeless as recruitment is not on."
In a tweet, Varun has tagged figures of 1,04,053 jobs in Army, 5461 in Airforce, 12431 in Navy- which he said are lying vacant.
The tweet carries a video where a young man is claiming that he has become "over aged" for the Army and para-military job as recruitment has not opened-up for last three years when he was running and preparing hard for the physical test.
"Rashtraseva ka sankalp lene wale in yuvawyon ki awaaz 'rashtravadi sarkar' tak pahuchni chahiye,” said Varun in a dig at the BJP Government at the Centre.
The BJP MP and his mother Maneka Gandhi, MP from Sultanpur, have not been campaigning in the seven-phased poll in UP where results will be out on March 10.