No jobs, say students, but Kadiam says 50K notified

Statehood fighters disappointed

Assembly, which is yet to materialise. Bogus notifications are uploaded every day. The DSC notification has been put up 33 times. The government is neglecting OU. This makes the celebration a sad occasion. The promise to give students of the university five Assembly seats and three MLA tickets also turned out to be false."

“Many students were even ready to go to jail. Ever since 1969, OU had been trying for Telangana and now we are left with no education or employment policies. Students will celebrate on June 2 but only for the state and not for the government,” said Mr Naresh Dudapaka, a student of journalism.

Deputy Chief Minister Kadiam Srihari defended the government's record. He said no funds had been allocated for infrastructure or faculty recruitment for the past two decades while the TRS government had sanctioned `420 crore for different universities out of which `200 crore was for OU.

“During Congress reign, there was no fund allocation. A lot of notifications are being issued for different departments. About 30,000 posts have opened in the electricity department and about 20,000 posts are open for teaching in residential schools, colleges etc. We are committed to give the one lakh jobs that we promised but what more can the government do in such a short time,” he said.

He alleged that the “vast majority” of those who stay at the university had completed their education but “they stay back to protest as they are more interested in politics than education.”