Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress have alleged that the TRS Government in the State has not initiated steps to keep its election promise of filling all vacancies creating doubts among the unemployed youth.
Floor Leader of BJP K. Laxman who raised the issue of unemployment under Rule 344 said the Osmania University campus which was the central point of Telangana movement in the recent past had now become the centre for a movement by unemployed youth, who were expecting that they would get jobs after formation of Telangana State.
Stating that only 35,000 posts were filled during last 15 years, Mr. Laxman said the number of unemployed youth enrolled in employment exchanges was 11.68 lakh with 70 per cent of them being graduates and Intermediate qualification. Besides, there was no notification from the public service commission for the last three years.
G. Chinna Reddy of the Congress suggested the government to give weightage marks to contract employees in the competitive examinations to be held for recruitment in various departments to allay the fears of unemployed youth that the jobs they were eying all these years would only go to contract staff.
Replying to the discussion, Finance Minister E. Rajender said the government knew about the parties instigating the students on the Osmania University campus and would reveal them when necessary. He clarified that the government had never said that it would violate the systems/guidelines in place for absorbing the contract staff. “When we plan to regularise their service, don’t we follow roster, reservation and merit”, he asked adding that the Chief Secretary-led committee was formulating guidelines.
Stating that the slogan of TRS was ‘neellu, nidhulu, niyamakalu’ (water, funds, jobs), Mr. Rajender said it was they who had fought for it and would fulfil the promises at any cost. He stated that 295 posts were filled after formation of Telangana State.
