Agnipath: Congress stages sit-in, promises legal aid to protestors

Congress associates staged a sit-in, in protest in opposition to Agnipath, the Centre’s freshly announced recruitment plan, at the City Corridor floor in Varanasi on Monday.

Party’s Kashi device president Raghvendra Chaube who led the sit in from 10 am to 1pm, explained the get together will present lawful aid to those youths who were being arrested for protesting towards the government’s recruitment policy.

He mentioned a Congress delegation that had long gone to district jail to meet up with individuals arrested in link with the agitation, was denied authorization for the identical by the jail administration.

He reported jail administration denied authorization citing Covid-19 protocol.

“The youths, making ready to sign up for the army, get the job done really hard. They get up at 4 am and operates for several kilometers everyday. These youths have dream to be a part of the military to serve the nation and the Congress will struggle for their rights,” he mentioned. A heavy police drive was deployed at the protest site.

Seva Dal condition president Pramod Pandey, Durga Prasad Gupta, Fasahat Hussain Babu, Rajesh Gupta, Pramod Verma, Arvind Kumar, Manoj Dwivedi, Sajid Ansari, Manoj Verma, Vipin Pal, Kishan Yadav, Ramesh Sharma, Ayush Tiwari, Mohammad Ujer, Anil Patel, Gorakh Yadav, Bablu Vind, Raj Jaiswal, Ramji Gupta, Vikas Pandey, Mohd Irfan, Mumtaz, and other folks participated in the sit in.