The proposed `Nirudyogula Nirasana’ (unemployed protest rally), mooted by the Telangana Joint Action Committee’s (TJAC) on February 22 in Hyderabad, seems to be turning into all-out struggle by the opposition parties, against Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s failure in keeping up his poll promises. Both Congress and TDP also extending their support to the rally.

TJAC chairman M Kodandaram sharpening his verbal attack on the government over unemployment in the State, he demanded to release notifications by formulating a year-long schedule (recruitment calendar), which was the practice earlier. This will help job-seekers in preparing themselves for competitive exams in a planned manner, he said.

Recalling that during 2014 elections, the ruling party promised to fill all the two lakh vacant posts in the government, he said that the government should focus attention on creating more jobs in private sector as well.

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) chief N Uttam Kumar Reddy and party working president Bhatti Vikramarka said the ruling TRS had promised to fill more than one lakh jobs lying vacant in various government departments in the State. They deplored that holding of exams by the Telangana State Public Services Commission (TSPSC) and the Police Recruitment Board, even the 6,000 posts for which notifications were already issued, have so far, not been filled.

TDP Telangana spokesperson Nannuri Narsi Reddy said that his party had decided to support the Nirudyoga Rally being organised by the TJAC. According to him, the finance department has already prepared a report saying that more than 2 lakh jobs are vacant in the government. Even the State government announced in the Assembly saying that 1,07,774 posts are vacant in various departments.

But, he wondered that till now, there has been no concrete step from the government side to fill all the vacant posts. Interestingly, Kodandaram said the TJAC would extend its support to any political party, which works hard for the betterment of people.