The youth protesting against the Agnipath scheme are those who are unaware of its benefits to them as well as the Indian armed forces, Union Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan said on Sunday and urged them to withdraw from their agitation.
Speaking to reporters here, Mr. Muraleedharan said the youth need not be apprehensive about the scheme for the recruitment of youths aged between 17 and a half and 21 in the Army, Navy and the Air Force, largely on a four-year short-term contractual basis.
Mr. Muraleedharan said youngsters were protesting against it without knowing about it. The Union Minister further said that the Narendra Modi government at the Centre has not been found lacking where the future of the youth, welfare of armed forces and national security was concerned.
