# Harish Rao slams Telangana govt over liquor, job notifications 2026-08-24T11:17:42+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Former Telangana minister T Harish Rao criticised the Revanth Reddy government for issuing a notification for 121 liquor brands while delaying job notifications for unemployed youth. He said lakhs of job seekers were waiting for government employment opportunities, but the government was acting swiftly only on liquor-related notifications. "Why is there such urgency for the liquor business when there is none for job notifications?" he asked. Rao alleged the government had failed to deliver on its promise of two lakh government jobs and that schemes like fee reimbursement and Rajiv Yuva Vikasam had not produced results. "Job notifications nil, liquor notifications full, is this the Praja Palana promised by Revanth Reddy?" he said. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The exchange reflects the intensifying political battle in Telangana ahead of local body elections. Liquor revenue is a major source of state income, but the opposition is framing the government's focus on it as a broken promise to youth. Harish Rao, a senior BRS leader, is using the jobs-versus-liquor contrast to mobilise unemployed voters, a key constituency. The Congress government, which rode to power on a jobs guarantee, faces pressure to show progress on recruitment. The next test will be the release of pending notification calendars for Group-I and Group-II services, which the state has delayed repeatedly. ## Coverage - telanganatoday.com The article reports Harish Rao's criticism without adding editorial commentary or endorsing either side. This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: BRS, government jobs, liquor notification, Revanth Reddy, T Harish Rao, Telangana government Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/harish-rao-slams-telangana-govt-over-liquor-job-notifications/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/harish-rao-slams-telangana-govt-over-liquor-job-notifications/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/