Manohar Kesri and Ravindra Malik

VIOLENCE OVER AGNIPATH, DEMANDS GROW OF SCRAPPING THE SCHEME

Barely two days after the Central government unveiled its recruitment policy for all three arms of Indian armed forces, massive protests against contractual employment erupted across Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan, with thousands of youth hitting the streets and vandalising state property on Thursday. Eponymously called ‘Agnipath’, the new...