Recruitments free from corruption, discrimination: Yogi

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said the objective of the grand ceremony for distribution of appointment letters to 60,244 newly recruited police personnel in Lucknow was to ensure that every citizen and family of the state gets the benefit of participation in governance without any discrimination.

- HT Correspondent

LUCKNOW: India retaliated with surgical strikes, air strikes and razed the headquarters of terrorists to the ground whenever Pakistan tried to attack or carry out terror activities in the country during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government in the past 11 years, Union home minister Amit Shah said in Lucknow on Sunday.

Addressing a public gathering, Shah said the prime minister has sent a strong message to Pakistan that India's blood is not meant to be shed, and whoever dares to do so will be punished for it. He mentioned Operation Sindoor, which targeted and destroyed terror bases in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in May after the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22.

Shah was in the Uttar Pradesh capital to attend the ceremony to hand over appointment letters to 60,244 newly selected police constables. He handed over appointment letters to 15 candidates during the event and congratulated all those selected.

Shah attacked the Congress for not being able to curb terrorist attacks across the country during the UPA-led years before 2014.

"Terrorist attacks used to happen every day under Congress rule — Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Coimbatore, Delhi, and don't even mention Kashmir. Pakistan received a strong retaliation when it tried to attack India thrice during PM Modi's rule. After the Uri attack, they faced a surgical strike. After Pulwama, they faced an air strike, and after Pahalgam, the headquarters of terrorists were razed to the ground with Operation Sindoor. PM Modi sent a message to the whole country that India's blood is not meant to be shed and whoever dares to do this will be punished," Shah said during the programme.