Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat today said open support to suicide attempts for political reasons was highly condemnable and should not be encouraged.
He made the remarks during a programme organised in a college here to mark the 121st birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
Rawat said so far 11 such threats of suicide have been received and described the development as "worrying". "Open support of suicide attempts for political reasons is highly condemnable," he said, without mentioning any specific case.
Earlier this month, a transporter, Prakash Pandey, who was allegedly worried over demonetisation and GST, had consumed poison and reached the BJP headquarters here but could not be saved despite immediate treatment.
After his death, opposition parties, including the Congress, blamed the BJP's policies for his death, while the ruling party called him a victim of politics and there was a long round of allegations and contradictions between them.
Rawat today asked the college students whether those who commit suicide should be given financial help from the government. On this, the students said that no such financial help should be given by the public exchequer for those attempting suicides.
Describing the need for eradication of corruption today, he told the youth about their key role in rooting graft out and said it was for them to decide what is right and what is wrong and to take the path of the truth.
"Only our new generation can make successful the government's campaign to completely eradicate corruption," he said, informing the gathering that so far, 14 people have been sent to prison in cases of corruption by his government.
Rawat said young people need to think beyond typical jobs, emphasising the need for adopting entrepreneurship.
He also exhorted them to utilise the government's programmes and initiatives like Stand up India-Startup India and skill development programme.
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