"Lucknow, Aug. 25 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said his government will distribute "appointment letters to one lakh youth in the next six months", while attacking the pre-2017 recruitment system.

Speaking at an Appointment Letter Distribution Event, the Chief Minister said his government has provided over 9.30 lakh government jobs in the last nine-and-a-half years without a single appointment being questioned.

"From day one, we resolved to break the pre-2017 pattern where recruitment advertisements were issued, only for the 'uncle-nephew duo' and the entire 'Mahabharata-style clan' to fan out across the state for extortion. Young people were left wandering aimlessly; results were never declared, and ultimat...