Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for giving appointment letters to 71,000 youths recruited across the country through Employment Fairs (Rozgar Melas).

The recipients of appointment letters include hundreds of youths from Uttar Pradesh, who were selected during employment fairs held in different districts of the state.

Thanking the prime minister on his official Twitter handle, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath wrote, “Under the guidance of respected Prime Minister Modi ji, new opportunities are being created continuously to connect the youth with the development journey of the nation. Many congratulations to more than 71,000 newly selected youths on receiving appointment letters through the PM Rozgar Mela! Thank you prime minister!”

These employment fairs were organised at 45 different places across the country, which included Lucknow, Varanasi, Agra, Moradabad and Gorakhpur districts of UP. Youths of UP selected through the employment fairs held in these districts received the appointment letters on Tuesday along with others during the video conferencing of the prime minister.

To distribute these appointment letters, Union Minister for Women and Child Development and Minority Affairs Smriti Zubin Irani was present in Lucknow, Union Heavy Industries Minister Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey in Varanasi, Union Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma in Moradabad, Union Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Dr Sanjeev Kumar Balyan in Agra and Union Minister of State Ajay Kumar in Gorakhpur.