Bangalore, 8/7: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said Saturday he wants to introduce reservation in outsourced employment to government posts.
Siddaramaiah was speaking at an event ‘Prabuddha Karnataka Janamana Samavesha’ here organised by Janamana Prathishtana and Samatha Adhyayana.
Reiterating his commitment to fill up vacancies, Siddaramaiah said recruitment to government jobs was part of the Congress’ manifesto. “We are committed to filling up vacancies. Until then, we will go for outsourced employment and we are thinking of introducing reservation in this,” he said.
Karnataka has 2.55 lakh government jobs vacant against a sanctioned strength of 7.72 lakh posts across 43 departments.