In a protest against Agnipath yojna, the government’s new scheme for short-term recruitment into the armed forces, large number of Army aspirants today blocked the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway in Gurugram’s Bilaspur area.
Due to protest, there was a huge traffic jam on the expressway stretched over several kilometers leaving number of commuters at the receiving end. With a huge beeline of vehicles, the commuters kept waiting at the stretch with no movement at all in the area.
The protesting defence aspirants raised slogans against the PM Modi-led BJP government and demanded roll back of the new scheme.
One of the protesters at the area demanded for a rollback of the scheme. He said, “The government should roll back the four-year plan. This new scheme will hamper the interest of the aspirants to join the Army to serve the nation.”
According to the traffic police, confirming about the traffic snarl said, “Our traffic personnel are on the spot to divert the traffic and pacify the protesters to clear the jam as they have stopped trucks in the middle of the highway to hamper the traffic movement on the expressway.”