Spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev of Isha Foundation on Saturday said violent protests against the Agnipath Scheme were 'unacceptable'. Addressing reporters, he said, “I have not looked at the (Agnipath) policy per se but whatever may be the policy, the violence you see is simply unacceptable."
NSUI workers held a demonstration at the busy clock tower roundabout here on Saturday in protest against the Centre's Agnipath scheme for military recruitment.
Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar on Saturday appealed to the youth to maintain peace and not to take law into their hands as protests took place against the Centre’s Agnipath scheme in the state.
The violent protests against Agnipath, the Centre's new military recruitment scheme, are politically motivated and registration of criminal cases against those indulging in arson and damaging public property will make it "extremely difficult" for them to get jobs in future, Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil said on Saturday.
The Railways cancelled 369 trains on Saturday due to the agitation against the Centre's recently announced Agnipath scheme for recruitment of soldiers in the armed forces, officials said.