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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Satyasundar Barik

Odisha youth runs 64 km showing solidarity with agitation against Agnipath scheme

At a time when job aspirants for the defence sector resorted to violent protests across the country against the Agnipath scheme, a youth in Odisha’s Nabarangpur district ran 64 kilometres to register his dissent.

Naresh Biswas, a 23-year-old youth who had unsuccessfully tried to get a job in the Indian defence sector and State police, chose to take a different approach to show his solidarity with agitating job seekers. The youth undertook a 64-km-marathon run from district headquarter town of Nabarangpur to Umarkote on Friday and completed the run in five hours and 26 minutes.

Where anti-Agnipath protests have occurred as of June 18, 2022.
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