Agnipath

(This is a reprint from NewsBred) It would be quite hilarious if it was not tragic that media outlets who are joined at the hip in their agenda they call crusade, Indian Express and NDTV, are rarely nuanced if they could throw stones at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). So while…

The formal announcement of the new recruitment scheme for the armed forces, the Agnipath (the chariot of fire) , has set havoc in motion in India. It offers employment in the armed forces for only 4 years, with no pension. Only 25% of these would be considered for regular…

As protests against the ‘Agnipath’ scheme in several parts of the country continue, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said people have every right to protest but there is no place for violence in a democracy. The damaging public property would be harming the nation’s interests, he said and called upon people to shun extremist tendencies. Interacting with a group of students from Jawaharlal Nehru University at Upa-Rashtrapati Nivas, Naidu called upon the people to protect the nation’s unity, sovereignty and integrity and said that hatred and intolerance are not part of Indian culture.

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Hundreds of youths on Friday demonstrated against the Centre’s new military recruitment policy, Agnipath at the Indore railway station forcing cancellation of several trains. Agitators barged into the Laxmi Bai railway station, raised slogans opposing the new policy and indulged in stone pelting. Heavy police force have been deployed to disperse the protesters and to control the situation. According to official information, services of at least five to six trains were disrupted for over three hours. Several protesters were detained and security forces deployed in nearby railway stations, including Ratlam, Shajapur, Ujjain.

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Thursday hit out at the Union government over its new ‘Agneepath scheme’ of recruiting soldiers, terming it unfair towards rural youth. As announced, ‘Agneepath’ or ‘Agneeveer’ scheme is a process for recruiting soldiers in the Army, Navy and Air force, to be hired for a term of four years on contract. The scheme was announced by Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday.