Will request CM to make provision for recruitment of ‘Agniveer’ as Forest Guard: Bihar Minister

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The Environment Minister of Bihar said that states like Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Arunachal Pradesh have already announced supportive measures after retirement of Agniveers from services.

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Senior BJP leader and Bihar minister Neeraj Kumar Singh on Wednesday said he would write to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar demanding reservation on his retirement as forest guards in the state, despite brief protests from the JD(U)- Service Appointment Scheme for the Armed Forces.

State environment minister Singh said states such as Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Arunachal Pradesh have already announced supportive measures following the retirement of firefighters from the services, and suggested that the NDA government in Bihar follow suit. should be followed. ,

“I will soon send a letter to the CM demanding reservation for Agniveers in the recruitment of forest guards and forest workers. I have asked the officials of the Environment Department to prepare a detailed note on this. Several state governments have already announced that after serving a limited period in the armed forces, preference will be given to Agniveers in police forces and other departments”, the minister said.

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