Agnipath: Student bodies call for bandh in Bihar
June 17, 2022 22:44
Students organisations in Bihar, protesting against the Centre's newly introduced Agnipath' recruitment scheme for armed forces, have found support in opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal as they called for a 24-hour state-wide bandh on June 18.
The organisations, led by Leftwing All India Students' Association (AISA), have sought immediate rollback of the scheme under which hiring has been proposed for a four-year-period in the armed forces followed by compulsory retirement for at least 75 per cent of the personnel without any pension benefits.
Announcing RJD's support to the bandh call, the president of its Bihar unit, Jagadanand Singh, said the short-term recruitment scheme is detrimental to the interests of the nation's youth.
"We support those who are agitating on streets in protest against Agnipath' recruitment. The new short-term recruitment scheme in the armed forces is not in interest of country's youth," he said at the party office in Patna, in the presence of other Left leaders.
Meanwhile, Chirag Paswan, president of Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), said that that he along with party workers would meet Governor Phagu Chouhan on Saturday and submit a memorandum, seeking the withdrawal of the scheme.
Talking to reporters here on Friday, Paswan said, "The Agnipath scheme will increase unemployment in the country. It will spread dissatisfaction among youths."
Paswan had on Thursday written to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, raising similar concerns. -- PTI
IMAGE: A firefighter tries to douse a fire in a train, set by people protesting against the Centre's Agnipath scheme, at Kulharia railway station, in Bhojpur, on Friday, June 17, 2022. Photograph: PTI Photo
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