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Protestors shout slogans against Narendra Modi and Rajnath Singh, calling Centres move a cruel joke and demand its immediate rollback

The move comes after violent protestors demanded that the reform, which aims to provide short-term recruitments in the armed forces, be rolled back.

Shiv Sena's Priyanka Chaturvedi on Friday took a jibe at the Centre for protests and violence over the Agnipath scheme.

In every Bihar village, it is not uncommon to see groups of young men doing rigorous exercises early in the morning. For them, the respect and financial security of Army jobs had made the forces the top choice.

Bihar BJP president Sanjay Jaiswal's residence in Bettiah town was vandalised on Friday during protests against the Agnipath army recruitment scheme, the second such incident of attack on senior party leaders' houses in the state during the day.

In a video shared by ANI (recorded by someone trapped inside the house), one can see that a large group of mob vandalising cars and attacking the house.

Massive disruption in railway services, BJP MLAs car attacked in Nawada, demonstrators swamp Arrah station

Trains were set afire, window panes of buses smashed and passersby, including a ruling BJP MLA, pelted with stones on Thursday in Bihar by Army job aspirants whose protest against the Centre’s short-term recruitment scheme, ‘Agnipath’, continued for the second consecutive day.

Agnipath scheme protest: BJP MLA Aruna Devi attacked in Bihar during protests

The demonstrators demanded a roll-back of the reform, which is aimed at hiring young citizens for a fixed term for the armed forces.