Agnipath protests Highlights: 27 detained in Varanasi vandalism over stir, says cop

Protestors vandalise railway property at Danapur Railway Station during a protest against the Agnipath army recruitment scheme, in Patna, Bihar, India, on Friday, June 17, 2022. (Photo by Santosh Kumar/Hindustan Times)

Agnipath recruitment scheme protests Highlights: The protests against the new defence recruitment scheme continues across the country. The violent protests which erupted in parts of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana on Thursday continued on Friday. Two trains were torched at Samastipur and Lakhisarai in Bihar by the armed forces aspirants. 

The protests come hours after the defence ministry announced a one-time waiver for the upper-age limit of the recruits from 21 to 23. The opposition has targeted the Centre over the Agnipath recruitment scheme. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed the Centre over the scheme, tweeting “No rank, no pension, no direct recruitment for 2 years, no stable future after four years, no respect shown by the government for the army.”