VARANASI, Oct. 8 -- Bharatiya Janata Party national president Nitin Nabin on Thursday said that today's generation is the driving force of change and listening to their views is essential. "The new generation wants to express its views, and we need to listen to them. I believe that my first responsibility is towards the youth," he added.

Interacting with young people at Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith on the second day of his Varanasi visit, Nabin said no outsider should be allowed to take away the rights and opportunities of the country's youth.

He said the identities of India's youth should be defined by their ideas, abilities and aspirations. Nabin said Uttar Pradesh was changing and development projects were creating new employment o...