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With the Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) gearing up for the ‘March for Jobs’ rally on February 22, the State government is facing a tough challenge.
The JAC is demanding the government fill up job vacancies immediately.
The protest march is being led by Kodandaram, who had led the JAC through the thick and thin of the 15-year-old struggle for separate statehood for Telangana. This march, however, is sharply different from the protests he led prior to the formation of Telangana in June 2014.
The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), which was the main supporter of the JAC then, is against the protest march, saying the committee is attempting to weaken the government. In fact, it has launched an all-out campaign to scuttle the march. The two entities have been engaged in a verbal duel ever since the State was formed.
While the TRS went on to form the government, the JAC has decided to continue to rally behind issues that bothered the people. The rift only widened in the last 30 months as the JAC has emerged as a thorn in the flesh for the K Chandrasekhara Rao Government.
“Creation of jobs was one of the important demands during the Telangana movements. Thousands of unemployed youth are eagerly waiting for job notifications. They are moving to Hyderabad from different places for coaching, anticipating huge number of vacancies,” Kodandaram said.
‘No permission yet’The JAC is getting support from the Opposition parties and several people’s organisations. Sensing huge crowds at the February 22 protest, the government has not granted permission for the march yet. This had forced the JAC to move the court to seek permission. The police met the organisers on Monday, asking them to consider shifting the protest venue from the Dharna Chowk at the Indira Park to a place outside the city.
The social media has become a virtual battle ground with supporters of the two sides, locked in animated discussions. While the government ‘leaked’ data on the vacancies that were filled up after the formation of the State, the JAC supporters argued that the number was too small to brag about.
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