New Delhi: Security has been beefed up in several states on Monday amid protests against the Centre's new Agnipath recruitment scheme.
After the policy, which allows Indian youths to serve in the regular cadre of the Armed Forces for a period of four years, was announced on June 14, protests erupted in various states including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Telangana, Odisha, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Jharkhand and Assam. As the agitation intensified in some places, protestors went on the rampage setting trains on fire, torching vehicles and damaging both private and public properties.Congress will also hold "peaceful" protests across the country on Monday against the "anti-youth" Agnipath recruitment scheme.
