Political class should work for betterment of people: Jaitley

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Nov 17 2013 | 9:55 PM IST
Shedding "hypocrisy", political class should work for betterment of people in a sincere and transparent manner and help eliminate corruption, senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley said today.
"Our focus will be good governance and we will ensure Delhi regains its past glory. Today, the challenges before us are even bigger and more complicated. Besides, the issues plaguing the common man, we also want the economy to have a sustained high growth so that jobs are created for the many unemployed youth," Jaitley said.
"Political class should shed its hypocrisy and work for the uplift of the people in a sincere and transparent manner and help eliminate corruption," said Jaitley, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha said.
He was addressing a public rally in Greater Kailash Assembly Constituency in support of party candidate Ajay Kumar Malhotra.
The BJP leader said education and healthcare should be made affordable and accessible and infrastructure like railways and roads should be developed.
Malhotra also addressed the rally and said he would work on developing infrastructure and environment protection.
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First Published: Nov 17 2013 | 9:55 PM IST

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