Via PTI
GURUGRAM: Masses of younger other folks on Thursday took to the streets in Bilaspur and Sidhrawali spaces of Gurugram and Rewari, some 50 km away, towards the ‘Agnipath’ scheme unveiled by way of the Centre previous this week to recruit squaddies in large part on a temporary contractual foundation.
The scheme comes to recruitment of the jawans into the military, the military and the air power for a four-year duration adopted by way of obligatory retirement for many with out gratuity and pension advantages.
The protesters laid a digital grab on bus stands and roads, crippling site visitors at the Gurugram-Jaipur freeway and held a protest at Bilaspur Chowk.
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“Because of a neighborhood protest, site visitors is diverted at Bilaspur Chowk (NH-48). All commuters the usage of this direction are asked to take alternative ways,” Gurugram site visitors police stated in an advisory.
“Our site visitors officers are at the activity and making sure that there is not any primary congestion. Diversions were made as and the place required,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Visitors) Ravinder Singh Tomar stated.
Ex-soldier and senior Congress chief Captain Ajay Yadav in a remark stated that the scheme is aimed to demean the spirit of forces and lower down on advantages being given to military jawans.
“Military isn’t occupation however interest and lifestyles. Our districts like Rewari ship their sons to serve the country once a year and this demeans their interest. Over 4 lakh posts are vacant within the military and this reasonable try to compensate them with small contract employment is unacceptable,” Yadav stated.
