Mohammed Ali Shabbir slams CM KCR for 'cheating the jobless'

Hyderabad: Former Minister Mohammed Ali Shabbir has accused Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao of an attempt to cheat the jobless youth ahead of MLC elections for two graduate constituencies of Legislative Council. Speaking to media on Monday, he said that the resent press release from Chief Minister's Office is purely aimed at misleading the jobless youth who are waiting for recruitment for several years. "The TRS party came to power in 2014 on the promise of giving one lakh jobs. It did not fulfil the promise even after seven years. Now the Chief Minister is giving an impression that he was ignorant of vacancies in government departments," he said.

The Congress leader noted that as per the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) website, only 39,952 vacancies were permitted to TSPSC through Finance GOs. As on September 16, 2020, the TSPSC issued 148 notifications and notified 36,665 vacancies. Of them, only 29,127 jobs were filled up. Remaining 7,538 notified vacancies are yet to be filled due to delay in declaration of results, certificate verification or selection stage. "More than one lakh vacancies existed at the time of formation of Telangana State. The department-wise figures were disclosed by the Chief Minister himself on the floor of Legislative Assembly. More than one lakh employees have retired in the last seven years. Thousands of new vacancies have emerged due to creation of new districts. Therefore, there should be more than two lakh vacanices," he added.

Commenting on the formation of Cabinet Sub-Committee to frame guidelines for registration of non-agricultural lands, Shabbir Ali asked the Chief Minister to explain as to why the registrations were stopped for nearly three months when there were no fresh guidelines and none of the stakeholders were even consulted.