Telangana unemployed rally in Dilsukhnagar over delay in recruitment notifications
HYDERABAD: Hundreds of unemployed youth protested at Everest Coaching Center in Dilsukhnagar on Saturday. They accused the Congress government of breaking promises on police recruitment. Protesters demanded that recruitment notifications be released before the end of June 2026.
In a fiery address to the crowd, JAC leaders warned that if recruitment notifications for 20,000 SI and Police Constable posts are not released by the end of June 2026, job aspirants will march from Dilsukhnagar to the office of the Director General of Police (DGP) in Hyderabad.
During the demonstration, JAC leader Shimbu Naik Banoth said, “We have waited long enough. The government cannot keep making and breaking promises. Give us notifications by June-end, or we will take our fight to the DGP’s office.
Speakers compared the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government to the current Congress administration. Protest leaders said the BRS government issued police recruitment notifications in 2016, 2018, and 2022, and recruited over 45,000 Police Constables and Sub-Inspectors. During the COVID-19 pandemic, BRS relaxed the upper age limit by five years, raising it to 32.
Additionally, JAC leader Shimbu Naik Banoth insisted the government must fill 19,000 SI and Police Constable vacancies along with 25,000 TSPSC posts. Aspirants voiced their frustration over several government orders, which they believe reveal the Congress government’s indifference toward the unemployed. Before the 2023 elections, Congress vowed to repeal GO 46 upon taking office, but more than two years have passed, and that promise remains unfulfilled.
Meanwhile, the government later raised the upper age limit by two years to 34. Aspirants welcomed this move. However, no recruitment notifications were issued while GO 31 was in effect. Ministers made new promises every few months, but each deadline passed with no action. Instead of keeping GO 31’s age relaxation, the government introduced GO 87, which lowered the age limit from 34 to 32. As a result, more candidates became ineligible as they got older.
“Congress pledged to repeal GO 46 and issue police recruitment notifications right away. Many unemployed youth who had supported BRS trusted these promises. Today, that trust is broken,” said Shimbu Naik Banoth. He further added that years of delays have made many aspirants too old to apply. Protesters now want the upper age limit raised to 36–46 years to make up for the lost time.
“GO 87 is the most unfair order. The government issued it after GO 31’s age relaxation ended, but there were no new recruitment notifications. This punishes those who waited for years,” an aspirant said.
The Unemployed JAC listed several demands. They want the age eligibility cut-off date changed from July 1 to January 1, as in other states. They want GO 87 reversed and the upper age limit set between 36–46 years. They also demand that SI, Constable, and TSPSC Group notifications be released immediately, that 19,000 pending police posts be filled, that false cases against peaceful protesters stop, and that the government respond to petitions from unemployed youth.
The Telangana Unemployed Joint Action Committee (JAC) organized the protest. Leaders such as Indra Nayak, Naveen Patnaik, Akash, Shankar, Vamshi, Kumar, Cherry, Praveen, and Damodar Reddy joined the rally. They urged job seekers who have been waiting for SI and Police Constable jobs for years to keep fighting for their rights.
