Candidates belonging to the 1998 DSC batch, who have been waiting for a job for the last 25 years, staged a protest at Dharna Chowk in Vijayawada on August 16 (Wednesday).
Speaking to the media, E. Sreenivasulu said that the protestors comprised 1998 DSC candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Backward Classes, physically handicapped and women categories.
He said Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, during his padayatra in the run-up to the 2029 elections, had promised that jobs would be given to qualified candidates if he came to power.