Updated: June 18, 2022 11:18 PM IST 
Agnipath Protests: Violent protests erupted across several states including Bihar, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and other over the Agnipath scheme. Trains were set on fire, railway stations were vandalised and roads were blocked by angry mobs protesting against the Centre’s Agnipath yojana for four-year contractual recruitment in the armed forces. The protests spread, seemingly uncontrolled, with crowds squatting on tracks and highways, pelting trains and buses with stones, toppling vending kiosks at train stations and burning used tyres on tracks. Policemen in anti-riot gear were seen chasing away the protesters, hundreds of whom were rounded up. In Bihar, students organisations led by All India Students’ Association (AISA) have called for a 24-hour Bihar Bandh on Saturday over the Agnipath scheme. Those protesting against the Agnipath scheme raised concerns over job security and pension. Agnipath scheme was announced by Centre to recruit soldiers into the Army, the Navy and the Air Force for a four-year-period followed by compulsory retirement for most without gratuity and pension benefits.
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Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan requested PM Modi to put the Agnipath scheme on hold and consider the apprehensions of youth
Rajasthan Council of Ministers Pass Resolution To Withdraw Agnipath Scheme
The State Council of Ministers unanimously passed a resolution that the Agnipath Scheme must be withdrawn keeping in mind the larger public interest and the sentiments of the youths: Rajasthan Govt
Nearly A Dozen Bihar BJP Leaders Get Y-Level Security Cover
Nearly a dozen MLAs from the state were assigned Y-level security cover from the government. BJP MLAs Sanjay Saraogi and Haribhushan Thakur have already confirmed that they have received the security cover. CRPF personnel have already reached the homes and offices of these MLAs.
State President Sanjay Jaiswal and Deputy CM Renu Devi have also got the Y-level security cover. Both the leaders were attacked yesterday. State President Sanjay Jaiswal and Deputy CM Renu Devi have also got the Y-level security.
Agnipath is a revolutionary scheme, have faith in PM Modi: JP Nadda
I want to appeal to my young friends that this Agnipath is a revolutionary scheme. I know that efforts are being made to mislead the youth…But I want to tell them to have faith in PM Modi. I appeal to them to understand this scheme thoroughly: BJP chief JP Nadda, in Karnataka
#WATCH | Kerala | Police use water cannons to disperse BJP Yuva Morcha workers who are protesting in Kochi demanding the resignation of Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan in a gold smuggling case pic.twitter.com/ChyhNXn7au
— ANI (@ANI) June 18, 2022
Chirag Paswan, Pappu Yadav take to streets over Agnipath in Patna
Amid protests over Agnipath, a central government’s scheme for recruitment into defence forces, opposition political leaders in Bihar such as Chirag Paswan and Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav on Saturday came in support of the Bharat bandh call given by aspirants.
Chirag Paswan, the Lok Sabha MP from Jamui, came on the streets of Patna and headed towards Raj Bhavan to hand over a memorandum to Governor Phagu Chauhan. He started the peaceful march along with his supporters from his residence at SK Puri and they were intercepted at Hartali Mor on Bailey road. (IANS)
Punjab’s Ludhiana railway station vandalised by agitators
The Ludhiana railway station in Punjab was vandalised by agitators on Saturday. RS Brar, Jt CP, Ludhiana, said, “Police immediately took action. Around 8-10 persons have been rounded up. Some people have called them & misused them. We’ve videos available & are identifying them.”
Agnipath Protests LIVE: Railway stations on high alert in Tamil Nadu | As the protests against Central Government’s army recruitment scheme ‘Agnipath’ saw attack on railway property, the Southern Railway has increased security at all major stations across Tamil Nadu, including Chennai Central, Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Madurai, Salem, Jholarpet, Arkonam.
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