70% govt jobs in Haryana going to outsiders: State Congess chief
ByPress Trust of India, Chandigarh Published on: Dec 28, 2025 04:48 am IST He also demanded the immediate cancellation of the assistant engineer recruitment in Haryana Power Utilities in line with the state’s “social and cultural” factors by prioritising local youth Quick Read Congress’s Haryana unit president Rao Narendra Singh on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the state’s BJP government, alleging that 70-80% of government jobs were being given to “outsiders”. Citing the recent assistant engineer recruitments, he said 185 of the 214 selected candidates were from outside the state (HT Photo for representation) Rao questioned the state’s policy on government recruitment, asking if Haryana’s youth had become so “incompetent” that they were being deprived of jobs in favour of candidates from other states. He also demanded the immediate cancellation of the assistant engineer recruitment in Haryana Power Utilities in line with the state’s “social and cultural” factors by prioritising local youth. Citing the recent assistant engineer recruitments, he said 185 of the 214 selected candidates were from outside the state. Rao alleged that …









