Maharashtra government announces 75,000 jobs, faces Oppn attack

“The Maharashtra government will also provide jobs to 75000 youths in various state government departments,” he announced.

Of these 75,000 jobs, 18,000 will be in the police force for which announcement will be made within a week, he said.

Cornering the state government, the Opposition Congress asked Fadnavis to explain the status of his promise to provide 72,000 government jobs during his previous tenure.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) too countered the state government over the issue. AAP state secretary Dhananjay Shinde has written to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde demanding that the state government reverse its decision to cancel the recruitment process for 13,514 zilla parishad posts.

“During his previous tenure as chief minister, Fadnavis had promised 72,000 government jobs to Maharashtra’s youths. He did not give even 72 jobs. Instead of recruitment for jobs, he recruited MLAs of other parties in the BJP. Just like his senior leader and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Fadnavis believes in creating a show but he delivers nothing,” said Maharashtra Congress chief spokesperson Atul Londhe.

NCP spokesperson Clyde Crasto asked whether the 75,000 jobs promised by Fadnavis was in addition to the two-crore jobs per year promised by the BJP in 2014 or will it be “another unfulfilled gimmick to fool the people to gain votes…”