Congress govt admits filling only 16,978 jobs, contradicts Revanth Reddy’s 60,000 claim

The Congress government admitted in the Assembly that only 16,978 jobs were filled through its notifications since it came to power, contradicting claims of 60,000 recruitments. It also acknowledged delays in issuing new job notifications due to legal issues

Hyderabad: The Congress government has contradicted its public claims on job recruitment in the State.

The government admitted in the Assembly that only 16,978 posts were filled through notifications issued after it took over the reins of power in the State in December 2023. This admission contradicts repeated assertions by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy that the government had recruited people for 60,000 jobs within a year.

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At a public meeting in Thungaturthy constituency of Nalgonda district in July 2025, he had declared that his government created a record of sorts by filling 60,000 jobs in one year. He had also promised to fill one lakh jobs by mid-2026.

However, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka presented a different and starkly contrasting picture during Question Hour in the Assembly on Wednesday. Responding to a question raised by BRS MLAs, including KT Rama Rao, KP Vivekanand and Sabitha Indra Reddy, he said 16 recruitment notifications were issued to fill 31,798 vacancies across departments after Congress came to power.

He stated that the recruitment process for 67,763 posts had been completed so far. Of these, 16,978 posts were filled through notifications issued by the Congress and the remaining 50,785 posts were filled by completing recruitment processes initiated under the previous [BRS] government, the Deputy Chief Minister said in a written reply.

The government also admitted delays in issuing fresh notifications as per the job calendar. The Telangana Job Calendar was issued through GOMs. No. 90 on August 8, 2024, to streamline recruitment and help aspirants plan their exam schedules.

However, the Deputy Chief Minister said policy decisions relating to SC and BC reservations entered the judicial domain, recruitment could only be completed for notifications already issued in the job calendar. “Due to these legal complexities, there was a delay in issuing new notifications,” he said in the reply. On the promise of providing Rs.4,000 monthly assistance to unemployed youth, he said the proposal was still under examination.