KTR questions Rahul Gandhi on govt job promises

BRS working president KT Rama Rao condemned police action against job aspirants protesting for government notifications in Telangana. He demanded that Rahul Gandhi intervene and ensure the Congress government fulfils its election promise of providing government jobs to unemployed youth.

Hyderabad: Amid the ongoing protests by unemployed youth and students for government job notifications, BRS working president KT Rama Rao condemned the police excess and detention of job aspirants. He demanded that Congress Lok Sabha leader Rahul Gandhi respond immediately and direct the State government to implement its electoral promise of providing government jobs.

Speaking to mediapersons at his Nandi Nagar residence on Friday, Rama Rao termed the police lathi charge against unemployed youth and students as a brutal assault for merely questioning the Congress government’s failure to issue job notifications. He said the Congress had betrayed the very students it courted before the elections.

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“Why did Rahul Gandhi pose for photos promising two lakh jobs? Why did he promise two lakh jobs to youth, if they ousted the BRS from power?” he asked, accusing the Congress leader of deceiving youth with false assurances. “If Rahul Gandhi has any sincerity left, he must react now,” he demanded.

Targeting Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, Rama Rao stated that instead of providing jobs, the Chief Minister was using the police to suppress students’ protests. He said students were detained and shifted to multiple police stations simply because the Chief Minister was scheduled to inaugurate a shopping mall at RTC Crossroads on Friday.

“Students and unemployed youth have been taken to six or seven police stations and harassed since yesterday,” he said, accusing the government of resorting to intimidation rather than governance. He assured that the BRS would stand firmly with the unemployed and support protests against the government’s inaction.