With an eye on 2023 polls, TRS to woo students and youth

Hyderabad: Faced with the wrath of student organisations for neglecting students and youth since coming to power in 2014, the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi is going all out to woo students and youth in the run-up to the 2023 Assembly elections. Among the major decisions taken by the government recently to garner the support of students and youth are a series of job notifications to fill over 80,000 vacancies, timely release of funds for scholarships and fee reimbursement, and the establishment of a large number of residential colleges and study circles all at once from this year to train students for competitive and recruitment exams for free. Following this meeting, Chief Minister K.Chandrasekhar Rao held a seven-hour review meeting on Tuesday to discuss the opening of a large number of new residential educational institutions at the intermediate and graduation levels, as well as the establishment of four study circles in each of the 33 districts to train students for state-level and national-level competitive/recruitment exams beginning this academic year. The TRS faced the wrath of opposition parties and student organisations for neglecting students and youth since coming to power in 2014 by not issuing adequate job notifications to fill vacancies in government departments and keeping payment of scholarships and fee reimbursement pending for years. Opposition Congress and BJP held several protest rallies against TRS government failing to fill jobs, release funds for scholarships, fee reimbursement etc along with various students' organisations.