Haryana Khaps Threaten To Socially Isolate Those Who Apply For Agnipath Recruitment Scheme
Khap panchayat leaders in Haryana have threatened to socially isolate those who apply for service. They have also declared a boycott of politicians from the ruling BJP-JJP combine. Protests against Agnipath the Centres new recruitment scheme for the armed forces continue. Railways cancelled 369 trains on Saturday due to the agitation.
As the Agnipath row intensifies, khap panchayat leaders in Haryana have threatened to socially isolate those who apply for service.
Khap panchayat leaders and some farmer union representatives have announced to "socially isolate" youths who participate in the Agnipath recruitment scheme for the armed forces in Haryana, according to a report by NDTV.
They have also declared a boycott of politicians from the ruling BJP-JJP combine, and of corporate houses that have supported the scheme.
Protests continue in different parts of the country
Protests against Agnipath, the Centre¡¯s new recruitment scheme for the armed forces, continue in different parts of the country.
PTI quoted officials as saying that the Railways cancelled 369 trains on Saturday due to the agitation, including 210 mail/express trains and 159 local passenger trains.
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Mobs set ablaze Taregana railway station in Bihar during a bandh on Saturday and vandalised Ludhiana railway station in Punjab, as protesters continued to target railway properties on the fourth day of the stir and blocked roads and railway tracks in several states including West Bengal, Haryana, Rajasthan, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh.
BJP-ruled Haryana witnessed more trouble as protesters set fire to a vehicle outside Mahendragarh railway station. A protest was also held in Sonipat, where a large number of youths blocked the Rohtak-Panipat national highway.
Protestors not part of the scheme
Responding to widespread protests, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Shobha Karandlaje said on Monday that the youth who took part in the violent protests against Agnipath scheme would not find a place in the armed forces.
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Addressing reporters in Udupi, she said those who indulged in violence are not patriotic. Agnipath scheme was introduced in the platinum jubilee of the country's independence to effectively channelise human resources.
The young people interested in the scheme can join with the consent of their parents. No one would be forced to be part of the armed forces.
Unnecessary controversy is being created over the scheme as in the case of the farm laws and it is part of a conspiracy, Karandlaje alleged.
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