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Elements involved in violence protest against Centre’s new plan to recruit soldiers in Army, Navy and Air Force.
Section 144 of CrPC prohibits assembly of four or more people, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Law and Order) Ashutosh Dwivedi said on Sunday as several anti-social elements protested against the Agneepath scheme to disrupt law and order and create disturbances in the atmosphere. Armed forces have mixed with candidates during the protests. All over Uttar Pradesh. It has been learned through social media that ‘Bharat Bandh’ has been called by a section of people for June 20 in view of Agneepath scheme and some anti-social elements in groups may disturb the peace and even Delhi’s You can also try marching. Dwivedi said.
483 train services were canceled on Sunday due to protests in different parts of the country against the Centre’s ‘Agneepath’ scheme for short-term recruitment in the armed forces. According to officials, the railways canceled 229 mail/express trains and 254 passenger trains due to the agitation. Also eight Mail/Express trains were partially cancelled.
The East Central Zone of the Railways, which bore the brunt of the protesters’ attacks, on Sunday canceled 29 trains connecting Kolkata and other places in West Bengal with the country’s northern region, including the Howrah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express. The railways has been an easy target of the protesters and the arson and riots have caused great damage to property.
Government officials said that around 35 WhatsApp groups were banned by the government for allegedly spreading fake news about the Agneepath scheme. However, it was not immediately known whether information about these groups or whether any action has been initiated against their administrators.
Amid the uproar and arrests over the Agneepath scheme, the Indian Army on Sunday released the terms and conditions and related details for the prospective applicants aspiring to join the force under the Agneepath Military Recruitment Scheme. The Army said that ‘Agnivar’ will create a separate rank in the Indian Army which will be different from any other existing rank and they can be posted in any regiment and unit.
Union minister and former army chief General VK Singh (retd) on Sunday slammed the protesters, saying they should not opt for the new recruitment policy in the armed forces if they do not like it.
“Joining the army is voluntary and not a compulsion. If any aspirant wants to join, he can join as per his wish, we do not recruit soldiers. But if you don’t like this recruitment scheme (‘Agneepath’) then don’t come (Join). Who is asking you to come? You are burning buses and trains. Who told you that you would join the armed forces? You will be selected only if you fulfill the eligibility criteria,” he said.
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