Hundreds of protesters blocked national highways and railway tracks in different parts of Bihar on Wednesday over the Central government’s Agnipath scheme to recruit youth into the armed forces on short-term contract.
The protesters blocked National Highway-28 in Muzaffarpur and disrupted movement of trains in Buxar district while burning tyres and shouting slogans such as “ Bharti do ya arthi do (recruit us or get us killed)”.
They said that under the Agnipath scheme, which was announced on June 14, only up to 25% of the recruits, or Agniveers, would get permanent commission in the service and the rest would be jobless thereafter.
