Agnipath protests: 12 BJP leaders in Bihar get Y-category security
12 BJP leaders in Bihar have been granted Y-category security amid violent protests in the state against the Agnipath scheme.
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12 BJP leaders in Bihar have been granted Y-category security amid violent protests in the state against the Agnipath scheme.
Nationwide protests continue for the third day on Friday against the central government’s Agnipath scheme in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. The protesters mainly consist of young people voicing dissent against the government’s four-year scheme. The Centre on Tuesday had unveiled the Agnipath scheme that will allow youngsters aged 17.5 to 21 to be inducted into any of the three services of the Army as “agniveers” for a period of four years. However, in a one-time waiver, the Central government has increased the upper age limit for the Agnipath scheme...
Fresh protests erupted in Gurugram, Delhi's Nangloi, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, 16 June, a day after the Ministry of Defence's new Agnipath scheme for recruitment of youth into the armed forces was announced.
After protests erupted across the country over the Centre’s new recruitment policy for the armed forces, Agnipath, Congress MP Manish Tewari came out in support of the scheme.