Owaisi lists 4 factors behind the Agnipath stir: ‘Hubris hiding behind service chiefs’
As Hyderabad burnt in the fire of protests against the Agnipath scheme on Friday leading to one death at Secunderabad railway station, Hyderabad MP AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said anger on the street was the obvious result of the situation. Remembering the suicide of Rajeev Goswami in 1990 against the implementation of the Mandal committee’s recommendations, Owaisi said the three main factors behind the ‘anger on the street’ were economic distress, high unemployment, and super-high inflation.
“A 4th factor adding to these flames is hubris and arrogance that @PMOIndia is hiding behind service chiefs,” Owaisi tweeted as the protest spiraled across the country.
Protests against the scheme under which youngsters between the age of 17.5 years and 21 will be recruited in the defense for four years continued for the 3rd day after the scheme was launched on Tuesday. Late on Thursday, the government provided a one-time age relaxation raising the upper age limit from 21 to 23.
With the protests showing no sign of abating, several Union ministers on Friday sent out messages on how beneficial the scheme and the one-time age waiver is.
