By PTI
NEW DELHI: Congress MPs and leaders sat on a ‘Satyagraha’ at Jantar Mantar right here on Sunday in solidarity with the youths protesting the Centre’s newly introduced Agnipath scheme for recruitment within the armed forces.
Congress leaders and supporters criticised the BJP-led central authorities and mentioned that the Agnipath scheme will not be useful for the nation’s youth and in addition jeopardises nationwide safety.
Congress basic secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and occasion leaders Jai Ram Ramesh, Rajiv Shukla, Sachin Pilot, Salman Khurshid and Alka Lamba took half within the ‘Satyagraha’.
“The scheme should be rolled back,” Pilot advised PTI on the sidelines of the ‘Satyagraha’. Appealing to the protesting youths to not resort to violence, he mentioned, “Protesting the scheme is their right but it should be done in a peaceful way. There should be no violence.”
Delhi | Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and different occasion leaders protest towards the ‘Agnipath’ recruitment scheme pic.twitter.com/6EnpkPm0HG
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Youths in a number of elements of the nation have been protesting towards the contentious defence recruitment scheme. Over the previous few days, incidents of protesters vandalising railway stations, setting trains on fireplace and blocking roads and railway tracks have been reported from completely different cities and cities. Heavy deployment of police and paramilitary forces was seen on the protest website. The entry and exit factors to Jantar Mantar have been blocked.
The Agnipath scheme, introduced on June 14, supplies for the recruitment of youths within the age bracket of 17-and-half to 21 years for under 4 years with a provision to retain 25 per cent of them for 15 extra years.
Later, the federal government prolonged the higher age restrict to 23 years for recruitment in 2022. The personnel to be recruited underneath the brand new scheme shall be generally known as Agniveers. A significant goal of the scheme is to carry down the common age of army personnel and lower ballooning wage and pension payments.
