RAIPUR: Demanding immediate withdrawal of the Centre’s "Agnipath" scheme, Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel said that the Union government was toying with the security of the nation as well as the life of youths. Baghel questioned the intentions of Centre in introducing such a scheme for military recruitment.
Chief minister was reacting to the scheme that was announced on Tuesday by the Centre stating youths between 17 and 21 years of age would be inducted as Agniveer’s in military for a tenure of four years and of the total recruited, 25 per cent would be retained as regular candidates. Few hours later, the Centre announced of raising the upper age limit for recruitment to 23 years for only the current financial year.
