Fill 50,000 vacancies in Telangana: KCR after electoral setbacks

The ruling TRS was defeated by the BJP in the Dubbaka bypolls and faced backlash in Hyderabad, too. To undo the setback, Chief Minister KCR has announced 50,000 jobs and asked the higher officials to issue notifications. Pending vacancies of teachers, police personnel and others in government departments in Telangana will be filled up and a notification for the same will be issued soon. CM KCR directed Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar to collect the list of number of vacancies in all the departments all over the state. “Primary information suggests that there are about 50,000 vacancies in the state in several departments. We have to fill them up. Teachers and police have to be recruited in thousands. Collect details about the vacant posts in teachers, police and other departments. Calculate how many employees are needed for which departments. After getting the number of vacant posts, notifications to fill up these vacancies should be released,” the Chief Minister’s Office quoted.

CM KCR made the announcement on the day when he completed two years in office in his second term. The announcement also came amid growing criticism of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) for not providing jobs.

The Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) in a press statement said they had completed recruitment for 35,724 posts in the last six years. BJP state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar referred to the announcement as a joke. Other opposition leaders also term it a gimmick to get votes of graduates for MLC polls.