Congress faces criticism for cracking down on unemployed youth in Telangana even as it protests police action in Delhi. Police detained the Unemployed JAC chairman over demands to fill 19,000 vacancies, scrap GO 46, and raise age limits for SI and constable posts.
Published Date – 30 July 2026, 10:41 AM
Hyderabad: The Congress top brass, including opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, has been making a huge uproar over police action on the protesters in Delhi, while its government in Telangana continues to crack down on the unemployed youth for raising their genuine demands.
In the early hours of Thursday, Telangana police detained the Unemployed Joint Action Committee Chairman Indra Nayak who reportedly called for a protest over the vacancies in the police recruitment. The unemployed have for long been demanding the government fill up all 19,000 vacancies instead of 7,437 posts in the Police department.
“Despite around 19,000 vacancies in the Police department, the government only issued recruitment notifications for 7,437 posts, leaving the unemployed extremely disappointed. The Congress government is denying our democratic right to protest peacefully,” Nayak said.
In addition, the police job aspirants want the government to scrap the GO 46 and enhance the upper age limit for the Sub-Inspector posts to 38 years and police constable posts to 36 years. They also demanded the government make a clear statement on the police recruitment process besides ensuring justice to them.
