Congress leader Sachin Pilot on June 19 urged the government not to be "stubborn" and immediately withdraw the new military recruitment scheme Agnipath for wider consultations to avoid a repeat of the farm laws episode.
He also asserted that the country had been kept "on a permanent boil" in the last few years, and a culmination of factors such as rejection of the Agnipath scheme, unemployment and economic and agrarian distress had resulted in the "severe backlash" from the youth.
In an interview with PTI, Mr. Pilot said the government should stop blaming the Opposition for the "genuine" grievance of the youth and avoid the blame game it had indulged in during the farm laws agitation.
