Protests against the government’s Agnipath scheme spread across various states as demonstrations escalated in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Telangana on Friday morning.
In Bihar, protesters agitated outside the Bettiah residence of Deputy Chief Minister Renu Devi. Army aspirants set fire to at least 20 bogies of two trains at Lakhisarai and Samastipur stations in the state and also blocked highways.
In Delhi, army aspirants were detained from ITO, where they had gathered to demonstrate against the central government’s scheme.
Protests were also reported from Telangana, Punjab, and Haryana.
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Section 144 has been imposed amid the ongoing outrage over the Agnipath scheme in Gurugram. There is a complete ban on the gathering of four people together. The deployment of police has been increased at major intersections in the city.
At least six protestors were injured in violent protests at Secunderabad railway station on Friday.
In PM Modi’s constituency Varanasi the protesting students vandalised buses.
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On account of anti-Agnipath scheme protests disrupting train services at Secunderabad Railway Station, South Central Railways has cancelled or partially cancelled some trains.
As the violence entered the third day, Home Minister Amit Shah tweeted, “The recruitment process in the army was affected due to the Covid epidemic for the last two years, so Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji, in the Agnipath scheme, sensitive to the needs of the youth, gave a two-year concession in the upper age limit in the first year, from 21 years to 23 years. It is a sensitive decision to take this step”.