‘Agnipath’ Protests Rage, Mobs Burn Trains, Block Tracks, Roads: 10 Facts

New Delhi:
Mob set trains on fireplace in a number of states this morning because the protests over the brand new navy recruitment coverage, Agnipath, entered the third consecutive day right now. The federal government has defended the scheme, calling it “transformative”.

1. The home of Deputy Chief Minister Renu Devi was attacked in Bettiah in Bihar’s West Champaran district amid protests towards the brand new recruitment scheme that has set off a firestorm. “Such sort of violence may be very harmful for the society. The protesters ought to keep in mind that this can be a loss for the society,” Ms Devi, who’s presently in Patna, instructed NDTV.

2. Bihar has bore the brunt of the violence with trains set ablaze, window panes of buses smashed and passersby attacked with stones and the storming of the BJP’s places of work in a single district. This morning, agitated youth sat on railway tracks and blocked roads at many locations throughout the state.

3. Within the Begusarai district, college students created an enormous ruckus at a railway station, and in addition indulged in arson and stone-throwing. Two coaches of the Jammu Tawi Specific prepare had been set on fireplace in Samastipur district, officers instructed NDTV, including nobody was harm within the incident. A BJP workplace was additionally attacked in Lakhisarai district.

4. In Uttar Pradesh, a mob entered a railway station in Ballia this morning and set a prepare coach on fireplace, and in addition broken railway station property earlier than the police used pressure to disperse them. One other group of protesters carrying sticks argued with the police on the streets exterior the railway station within the japanese UP district.

5. A number of components of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh have witnessed protests over the brand new navy recruitment coverage. The protests have unfold to BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh and Haryana.

6. The federal government unveiled Agnipath on Tuesday — calling it a “transformative” scheme– for the recruitment of troopers within the Military, Navy and the Air Drive, largely on a four-year short-term contractual foundation.

7. Protesters are sad with the adjustments, notably the size of service, no pension provisions for these launched early, and the 17.5 to 21-year age restriction that now makes lots of them ineligible.

8. The Opposition has additionally stepped up its assault on the federal government over the brand new recruitment scheme with Congress chief Rahul Gandhi urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi not take ‘agnipareeksha (trial by fireplace)’ of their persistence by making them stroll on Agnipath. Samajwadi Celebration president Akhilesh Yadav, in the meantime, referred to as the transfer “negligent” and probably “deadly” for the nation’s future.

9. The age restrict for Agnipath recruitment has now been raised to 23 from 21 as a “one-time waiver” following the protests. The federal government has additionally put out a 10-point defence of the scheme and guaranteed recruits they won’t discover themselves within the lurch after finishing their 4 years within the navy.

10. Prime Union Ministers have assured younger those that the brand new coverage could be highly beneficial for them. In a tweet right now, Dwelling Minister Amit Shah mentioned the recruitment course of within the Military had been affected for the final two years because of the coronavirus pandemic and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken a delicate determination by exhibiting concern for the youth of the nation.