Protests towards Agnipath scheme enter Day 4: Railway property vandalised in Ludhiana; 24-hour bandh in Bihar

A gaggle of youths on Saturday morning stormed into the Ludhiana railway station premises and vandalised railway property in protest towards the Agnipath scheme. The agitators additionally demanded the military recruitment examination be held on the earliest.

The police mentioned that a lot of the protesters had their faces coated. They broken glass window panes, ticket counters and many others. When senior police officers reached the spot to pacify them, the youths mentioned it has been almost two years that the federal government has not held the Army recruitment examination. They mentioned {that a} job within the Army was the one hope for them and their households. Demanding the rapid rollback of the Agnipath scheme, the youths mentioned exams ought to be held like earlier than and the recruitment course of ought to start instantly, as they’ve been making ready for it for 2 years.

Ludhiana DCP Varinder Singh Brar mentioned the protesters who vandalised property on the railway station are being recognized. “An FIR will be registered shortly,” he mentioned.

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Youth Congress employees Saturday took to the streets in assist of the protesting Army aspirants demanding roll again of the Agnipath scheme, the central authorities’s new recruitment coverage for defence forces.

Led by J&Ok Youth Congress president Udhay Bhan Chib, the occasion employees held demonstrations close to the Jammu Press Club, elevating slogans towards the Centre.

Describing the brand new recruitment scheme as “anti-youth “ and “anti-defence forces”, the Youth Congress chief appealed to the protestors to chorus from damaging public property. Pointing out that the aspirants have the best to protest towards the brand new recruitment coverage because it adversely impacts their future, he mentioned the Congress has at all times acted as a voice of the suppressed and under-privileged sections.

Kerala on Saturday reported two incidents of protests towards the Agnipath scheme. As many as 300 youth took out a march to the state raj bhavan and one other group of 500 youth protested on the Kozhikode railway station.

At each locations, the protests have been held in a peaceable method. They clutched placards saying “conduct CEE”, and raised slogans demanding conduct of military exams, which, in accordance with them, had been postponed a number of occasions.

DYFI, the youth wing of CPI(M), mentioned the outfit would mobilize youths on the nationwide stage towards the scheme. DYFI nationwide president A A Rahim, in an article printed in Deshabhimani, mentioned the scheme would churn out hundreds of unemployed individuals within the nation yearly. Gradually, the scheme would create a bunch of army-trained youths, who may even be employed by anybody, even different nations. DYFI would mobilize all youths and youth organisations within the nation to launch an agitation towards the scheme. The Centre could be pressured to withdraw the scheme as the federal government had achieved within the case of farm legal guidelines.

24-hour bandh in Bihar over Agnipath scheme

Several pupil associations in Bihar, led by the All India Students’ Association (AISA), have known as for a 24-hour bandh within the state at present to protest the Agnipath recruitment scheme. The RJD-led alliance has supported the bandh.

South Western Railways cancels a number of trains to North India

Following the protests, the South Western Railways has cancelled a number of trains, significantly these heading in the direction of Bihar and different north Indian states.

While a number of organisations are planning to stage protests throughout Karnataka, the railway division has deployed further forces, together with Railway Police Force (RPF), at railway stations. No untoward incident has reported in Karnataka up to now.

The cancelled trains are: 12296 Danapur-KSR Bengaluru City every day superfast categorical (June 17), 22351 Patliputra- Yeshwantpur weekly superfast categorical (June 17), 12295 KSR Bengaluru-Danapur every day superfast categorical (June 18), 12253 Yeshwantpur- Bhagalpur weekly superfast categorical (June 18), 22352 Yeshwantpur- Patliputra weekly superfast categorical (June 20).

In Belagavi, Congress MLA Anjali Nimbalkar and a number of other youths staged a protest demanding the withdrawal of the controversial Agnipath scheme, and introduced that they might observe a day-long bandh on June 20.

The Noida police has arrested 10 protesters and booked greater than 200 folks for rioting and assault throughout the anti-Agnipath scheme protests in Jewar on Friday.

Police officers mentioned that a number of folks had gathered within the Jewar space on Friday to protest towards the Centre’s new Agnipath scheme for recruitment to the armed forces. Protesters blocked site visitors and pelted stones towards law enforcement officials, resulting in a legislation and order state of affairs, police mentioned. Eight policemen and one bus driver have been injured within the protests, police officers added.

While 10 protesters have been arrested, an FIR was filed towards 75 named and 150 unnamed individuals. The police mentioned they’re figuring out extra individuals from movies and pictures of the protest.

(With inputs from companies)