..‘Agnipath’ Still Simmers ..

‘The anger and anxieties over ‘Agnipath’ scheme – have not died down.

Gone is the period of open protests by youth and students and other ordinary people which rocked when the scheme was hastily announced (June 2022).

It does not mean that the youth are now happy about this scheme.

In an ambience of rising unemployment how is it possible to be happy about the fact that “[d]ue to the implementation of the Agniveer scheme, around 1.5 lakh candidates selected for the Indian Army, Air Force and Navy between 2019 and 2022 were allegedly denied joining.( 2)and all future possibilities of such an employment being closed forever.

Anyone who is keen to know how Agnipath has literally ‘destroyed’ thousands of jobs in military can take a tour of Kuchman City in Nagour ( Rajasthan) once a hub of more than 200 defence coaching academies preparing students from Rajasthan, Haryana and neighbouring parts of Western UP for entrance exams in Military..

…The anger and discontent of the Youth will continue to harm the ruling dispensation – whatever gloss they try to apply over the scheme. 

( Read the complete article here : https://countercurrents.org/2024/04/what-is-stopping-the-government-from-scrapping-the-agnipath-scheme/)