Fill up 2l Govt posts soon: Gandhi Nidhi to CM

The Utkal Gandhi Smarak Nidhi (UGSN) has demanded that the State Government take immediate steps to fill up over 2 lakh posts lying vacant in various departments now.“There are over 2 lakh Government posts lying vacant now. The departments under Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik have over 30,000 vacant posts. These need to be filled up soon in view of acute unemployment problem prevailing in the State,” UGSN president Prahallad Sinha mentioned this in a letter to the Chief Minister on Thursday.

Sinha urged the CM to fulfil his BJD’s poll promises and implement its Youth Policy vis-à-vis creation of employments.Stating that the Chief Minister has not taken any eye-catching step to fill up vacant posts lying in his departments, Sinha said the Government should fill up all the posts before the coming Independence Day.Sinha said while a total of 44,197 posts have been scrapped in the last 15 years, a total of 1,64, 328 posts were lying vacant by March 2013.