The Telangana Jana Samiti (TJS) has promised to provide jobs to one lakh youth within a year of sharing power with its alliance partners if they win the coming elections.
The TJS will also ensure that a calender specifying dates for filling up the posts was created, its president M. Kodandaram told a media conference during a day-long meeting of the State committee of the party to discuss its manifesto for the forthcoming elections here on Thursday. The suggestions of participants on the draft manifesto were received on the occasion.
Mr. Kodandaram said the party had decided to seek review of the multi-crore Kaleshwaram and Palamuru-Ranga Reddy lift irrigation projects as they bred corruption. Instead of big contractors executing the projects, the party will strive for the works being handed over to smaller ones who were stationed locally.
The TJS will also review the reorganisation of districts, zones and mandals and closure of open-cast mines of Singareni Collieries as they used less manpower which affected employment opportunities.
Mr. Kodandaram said the crop loans of farmers up to ₹2 lakh will be waived and fertilizers and pesticides supplied at cheaper rates. One government engineering college in every district will be established and courses in the Industrial Training Institutes designed by a specialised institution will be introduced to turn out job ready candidates for industry.
No belt shops
The TJS would see that belt shops in villages and permit rooms attached to retail liquor outlets were closed. The industrial development would not be limited to a few centres but spread across the State.
Answering questions, Mr. Kodandaram regretted that the Congress was not accommodative to the demands of TJS in seat sharing. The Congress had a fair understanding of the compulsions of coalition at the Central level but lacked the same in States. The seat sharing would have become smooth if the Congress evolved some guidelines.
The meeting demanded Mr. Kodandaram to contest elections and left it to him to choose the constituency.
The meeting wanted that he be declared as the chairman of the grand alliance comprising Congress, Telugu Desam, TJS and CPI and their Chief Ministerial candidate, a party release said.
