DYFI slams Tripura Government over unfilled vacancies, plans agitation

The Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) has accused the Tripura government of misleading the public by failing to fill up thousands of vacancies across key departments, despite repeated promises. 

DYFI State Secretary Nabarun Deb and President Palash Bhowmik addressed a press conference at Chhatra Yuva Bhavan on Friday, alleging that the government is “spreading lies” while ignoring pressing employment issues in the state.

According to the youth wing leaders, the ruling BJP government had promised to fill up 50,000 vacant posts within a year of coming to power in 2018.

“But even after seven years and four months, only 19,000 jobs have been provided,” they claimed, accusing the government of playing the "music of success" while unemployment continues to plague the youth.

The DYFI leaders further alleged that 30,000 government employees have retired over this period, but their posts remain unfilled. Instead, the government has been systematically abolishing around 3,000 to 3,500 vacant posts annually.

Citing data from the last Assembly session, DYFI highlighted alarming vacancy numbers:

• Education Department: 12,190 posts

• Health Department: 7,675 posts

• DWS and PWD: 4,328 posts

• Health Department (additional count): 7,315 posts

They claimed that 62% of the unfilled vacancies fall under departments directly overseen by Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha.

The DYFI also raised concerns about the condition of the education infrastructure, stating that 2,167 schools in the state currently have no headmasters, and there are 1,619 vacancies for engineers across various departments.

Responding to recent remarks made by the Chief Minister at a program at Pragya Bhavan, where he alleged that the previous Left Front government used to distribute jobs from party offices, DYFI leaders challenged him to provide evidence. "It is the Chief Minister who is lying. We will expose the truth," they said.

The youth organization announced plans to launch a statewide protest movement in the coming days to press for the filling up of vacant posts and to counter what they call “false narratives” being propagated by the government.