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”Narendra Modi ji, withdraw this scheme immediately. Give appointments and put out the result of the stalled recruitment in the Air Force,” Priyanka Gandhi said. ”Conduct army recruitment (with age relaxation) as before,” she demanded. Trains were set afire, public and police vehicles attacked and personnel injured as protests over ‘Agnipath’ snowballed and swept across several states on Thursday.
A number of opposition political parties and a significant number of military experts have also slammed the scheme, saying it will adversely impact the functioning of the armed forces. The government has defended the scheme, saying it will secure the future of youths and help maintain a youthful profile of the armed forces. Unveiling the scheme on Tuesday, the government had said youngsters between the ages of 17-and-a-half and 21 years would be inducted for a four-year tenure, while 25 percent of the recruits will be retained for regular service.
”Cognisant of the fact that it has not been possible to undertake the recruitment during the last two years, the government has decided that a one-time waiver shall be granted for the proposed recruitment cycle for 2022,” according to a statement issued by the defense ministry.
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