armed forces - Agnipath scheme: Job aspirants explode in protest, block roads and torch trains
Protestors shout slogans against Narendra Modi and Rajnath Singh, calling Centre's move a 'cruel joke' and demand its immediate rollback
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Protestors shout slogans against Narendra Modi and Rajnath Singh, calling Centre's 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.