Agnipath Scheme: AISA calls for protest against Agnipath recruitment scheme

NEW DELHI: The All India Students Association (AISA) has called for a protest against the latest Agnipath scheme to recruit soldiers into the Indian armed forces -- the Indian Army, the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force, on a contractual basis for four years followed by compulsory retirement for most without gratuity and pension benefits. The students' organisation asked the student community to join the "Sayukth Rozgar Andolan Committee" Satyagraha organised by it on June 17, 10 am at ITO gate number 5, Delhi.

AISA condemned the "contractualisation" of defence jobs and demanded secure and dignified employment. It also condemned the repression of police on the defence aspirants who are protesting against the Agnipath recruitment scheme.

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"Rollback the 'Agnipath' scheme! No to contractualisation of Defence jobs! Ensure secured & dignified employment! Condemn police repression on youth protesting against 'Agnipath' scheme! Join "Sayukth Rozgar Andolan Committee" Satyagraha call, 10am, 17 June, ITO gate no 5," tweeted AISA.

Rollback the 'Agnipath' scheme!

No to contractualisation of Defence jobs! Ensure secured & dignified employment!

Condemn police repression on youth protesting against 'Agnipath' scheme!

Join "Sayukth Rozgar Andolan Committee" Satyagraha call, 10am, 17 June, ITO gate no 5

AISA

— AISA (@AISA_tweets) June 16, 2022

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In Bihar, armed forces aspirants disrupted rail and road traffic in protest against the Agnipath Yojana. Defence force aspirants also stopped a train at the Nangloi railway station in outer Delhi by lying down on tracks.