New Delhi/Patna/Bhopal: The Centre’s decision to bring in a new short-term recruitment scheme — “Agnipath” — for the country’s youth to join the armed forces has met with stiff resistance from youngsters as violent sporadic protests rocked several parts of North India for the second consecutive day on Thursday.
Bihar saw the maximum damage to public property and police action where a BJP MLA was attacked and the bogies of trains set on fire by agitated crowds.In Haryana, a 23-year-young aspirant committed suicide in Rohtak. He had reportedly passed the medical and physical tests and was waiting for the final exam to join the Army.
The youth are demanding a rollback of the new “transformative” military recruitment scheme, saying that the four-year job provides no security to them and will leave them unemployed and discriminated against after being thrown out of the armed forces at the end of their term.
Violent protests were reported from Delhi, UP, Uttarakhand, MP, Hary-ana, Jammu and Rajas-than. In some states, the protesters turned violent and burnt railway bogies and police vehicles, forcing the police to order lathi-charge and fire teargas to disperse the protesters.
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