New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- The Congress on Monday alleged that more than 800,000 posts remained unfilled across 21 ministries and departments of the central government. Citing media reports in posts on its social media handles, the party said vacancies had risen from about 420,547 in 2015 to 823,556 in 2024. HT could not independently verify the authenticity of the figures. As of March 1, 2024, there were 823,556 vacancies against a sanctioned strength of 3,923,212, according to the ministry of finance's Department of Expenditure report, Annual Report on Pay and Allowances for 2023-24. Mallikarjun Kharge, leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha, said, "This is the agenda of the BJP, which opposes social justice: keep posts vacant, sell off PSUs, increase contracting and snatch away the constitutional rights of SC, ST, OBC and EWS." HT reached out to the BJP for a comment but did not get a response.htc...