Congress MPไs and leaders will sit on a "Satyagraha" at the Jantar Mantar here Sunday morning in solidarity with the youths protesting against the Agnipath scheme for recruitment in the arm♎ed forces.
Youths across the country have taken to the ꦡstreets against the contentious scheme, and i🎉ncidents of violence have been reported from several cities and towns.
Sources said C💯ongress MPs, its wo🌄rking committee members, and All India Congress Committee office-bearers will be part of the "Satyagraha" that begins at 10 AM at Jantar the Mantar on June 19.
"The decision was taken as the Agnipath scheme has enraged the youths of our country and they are protesting on streets," a party leader said. "It is our responsib🐈ility to stand by them🌺."
What did Rahul Gandhi say?
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that just as Prime Minister Narendr♉a Modi had to withdraw the farm laws, he will have to accept the demand of the youth and rollback the Agnipath defence recr🅺uitment scheme.
The former Congresཧs chief also said that for eight consecutive years, the BJP government has "insulted" the values ??of 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan'.
A man was shot dead in police firing in 🅺Telangana's Secunderabad, trains went up in flames, and public and private vehicles were attacked, as railway stations and highwaysꦍ turned into battlegrounds in many states on Friday amid burgeoning protests against Agnipath.
In a tweet in Hindi, Gandhi said, "I had said earlier also that the prime minister will have to withdr🎀aw the black farm laws."
"In the same manner, he will have to accept the🍸 demand of the youth of the country by becoming ဣ'maafiveer' and take back the 'Agnipath' scheme," he said.
Unveiling the scheme on Tuesday, the government said youths between the ages of 17-and-a-half and 21 years would be indu𒁏cted for a four-year tenure while 25 per cent of the recruits will be retained for regular service.
The upper age limit was raised to 23 years on Thursd♕ay as the pro♛tests against the new model for enrolment of soldiers into the Army, Navy and Air Force spread.
The new scheme for the recruitment of soldiers in the three services was projected by the government as a major overhaul of the decades-old sele𒀰ction process to enhance the youthful profile of the three services.
(With PTI Inputs)
