Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath distributes appointment letters to 470 sportspersons under the skilled sportsperson quota in UP Police
Speaking at an event in Lucknow’s Lok Bhawan where he distributed appointment letters to 470 sportspersons under the skilled sportsperson quota in UP Police, Yogi said the BJP-led govt was committed to encouraging sports and a transparent recruitment process. Highlighting the schemes and programmes introduced by his govt to promote sports in the state, Yogi said before 2017, there was no policy for direct recruitment of sportspersons in the police force. Earlier it was the ‘Pradesh Dubao Alliance’ and now it is the NDA govt which means ‘Naukri Denge Alliance’,” the CM said.
Saying that Indian sportspersons had been performing much better under Narendra Modi , the CM said that PM interacts personally with athletes, looks after their facilities, and encourages athletes who perform well internationally by calling them. He said that the discipline, teamwork, hard work and dedication they had shown as sportspersons would also be expected from them in uniform. Only the athlete’s talent, hard work and sweat are being rewarded.
“Earlier, a single family (referring to Yadav clan) had a hold on jobs and getting a job required recommendation. Lucknow: Accusing the previous Samajwadi Party govt of having run a job syndicate, where only ‘Saifai’ or ‘sifarish’ (recommendation) would help someone get employment in the state, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday called its PDA formula the ‘Pradesh Dubao Alliance’. Today, neither recommendations nor money count in appointments. “India was once identified with Commonwealth Games scams, but today Indian athletes are returning with medals for the country. Similarly, the state was once identified with news of crime and lawlessness, but today UP is recognised through the medals of its skilled athletes,” he said. He said that for athletes who received their appointment letters on Thursday, their journey ‘from jersey to uniform’ had begun.