Huge rush in Home Guard recruitment examination signals looming unemployment scenario in U.P., says Opposition

With around 2.5 million youths appearing for the Home Guard recruitment examination in Uttar Pradesh, which started on Saturday (April 25, 2026), leading to a rush at bus stations and exam centres in multiple districts, the Opposition questioned such high numbers of aspirants for the lowest-level government job, adding it shows the kind of unemployment and underemployment the youngsters are facing under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government.

“We are seeing visuals through social media of long lines outside examination centres, and bus stations are full with the presence of aspirants who are giving the test. This reflects the desperation for a low-level government job, which is the result of unemployment in our State due to the State Government’s policies. In the last four years, they [the government] were unsuccessful in conducting many recruitment tests, forcing millions to remain jobless. The rush of the crowd is the result of that incompetence of the administration,” said Ajay Rai, Uttar Pradesh Congress president.