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High alert in Telugu states in view of ‘Bharat bandh’ call

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High alert in Telugu states in view of ‘Bharat bandh’ call

Police and railway authorities remain on high alert in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in view of the ‘Bharat bandh’ call given by some organisations to protest against recently announced scheme Agnipath for Army recruitment.

Security was tightened at all major railway stations, offices of the Central government and Army recruitments authorities in both the Telugu states to prevent any protest by the Army job aspirants.

Railway police were keeping a tight vigil at all the major railway stations in the wake of June 17 violence at Secunderabad railway station.

Additional forces were deployed around the stations to prevent any attempt to stage a protest. The security personnel were checking vehicles and tickets of passengers to ensure that the protestors did not enter the stations.

There was high security at Secunderabad, Nampally, Kachegua stations in Hyderabad, Kazipet, Jangaon, Vijayawada, Guntur, Visakhapatnam, Tirupati and other major stations.

Police have made it clear that there is no permission for Bharat bandh or protests. They have warned of stringent action against those participating in the protests.

Vijayawada Police Commissioner Kanti Rana Tata, Eluru SP Rahul Dev Sharma and other police officials have warned students and youth that if they indulge in any illegal activity and if cases are booked against them, this would render them ineligible for government jobs in future. They have also been told that if cases are booked they will not be issued passports.

Ever since the violence rocked Secunderabad station, authorities at other key stations in both the states remained on high alert. On June 18, Visakhapatnam railway station was closed for a few hours as a precautionary measure.

Following intelligence reports that army job aspirants may resort to similar protest, police in Andhra Pradesh were keeping a close vigil on suspects. As the role of some coaching institutes in instigating violence at Secunderabad has been confirmed by railway police, the owner of an institute has been detained.

Private coaching institutes train youth aspiring for jobs in the Army. There are about 2,000 aspirants in the Telugu states who had cleared the physical test and were awaiting the written test to be conducted. They were agitated as the written test was postponed several times due to various reasons, including the Covid-19 pandemic. After the Centre announced the Agnipath scheme on June 14 and the written exam was cancelled, the aspirants felt that they will be deprived of employment opportunities.

Railway police probing violence at Secunderabad station found that the owners of coaching institutes misguided these youth to stage protests on the lines of the one witnessed in Bihar on June 15 so that they could draw the attention of the Central government.

Several WhatsApp groups were created to mobilise youth from various districts. Police said they reached Hyderabad with a plan to create disturbances at Secunderabad station.

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Owaisi demands immediate rollback of ‘Agnipath’ scheme

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Owaisi demands immediate rollback of ‘Agnipath’ scheme

AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday appealed to the Central government to immediately rollback defence services recruitment scheme ‘Agnipath’.

Reacting to the government’s statement ruling out a rollback, the Hyderabad MP made a fresh appeal.

“I once again appeal to the government to stop this devious manner of working, listen to the youth of this country, immediately rollback this cruel scheme of contractual recruitment and make up the shortfall in men and equipment for our armed forces,” Owaisi tweeted.

He also slammed the Narendra Modi government over the issue. “BJP leaders say we will hire demobilised contract soldiers as chowkidars for their offices. Is this the dignity Modi’s party assigns to soldiers and soldiering, which is a profession of honour?,” he asked. “It is regrettable that we have a ruling party like this in the country,” he said.

“We have seen the destruction caused to the Indian economy and society by reckless steps like demonetisation and lockdown taken without any thought and planning,” he wrote and wanted to know if the Prime Minister now wants to do the same to national security.

Earlier, Owaisi, posting a video of Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy, said: “Modi’s minister says Agniveers will be trained as drivers, dhobis etc Serving in army is a prestigious profession with no parallel. These men are willing to kill or get killed for India. If they wanted to be drivers, etc why would they spend 4 years in army?”

“It’s clear that BJP sees Agniveers as nothing but chowkidaars on hire,” he said and alleged that the Prime Minister is playing with India’s security and destroying the future of youth.

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AP spruced up to contain ‘Agnipadh’ violence

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AP spruced up to contain ‘Agnipadh’ violence

The AP government is spruced up to contain the violence related to the ‘Agnipadh’ scheme of the Central government. AP DGP K V Rajendranath Reddy held a video conference with the SPs of all districts and the railway SPs on the security measures to be taken to prevent violence in the state.

The Visakhapatnam railway station was closed on Saturday for advanced security reasons, while the railway police and the state police have posted additional forces at all railway stations in the State.

Meanwhile, the police have also arrested Sai Defence Academy director Avula Subbarao of Narasaraopet in Palnadu district suspecting his role in the Friday’s violence at Secunderabad railway station. It is said that Subbarao had provoked the youth, some of them his old students, to go on rampage. The police have arrested him at Cumbhum town in Prakasam district.

Subbarao operates a couple of WhatsApp groups with his former students who took coaching in his academy and appeared for the defence exams over the years. The police have reportedly collected the data and the messages shared among the WhatsApp group members. The police also found provocative messages shared in the groups before the agitated youth walked into the Secunderabad railway station.

The police are also looking into the possible role of the defence exam coaching centres in Andhra Pradesh. They have also set an eye on those candidates who have appeared for the defence examinations in the past. The police are collecting the data of those unemployed youth who have appeared for the defence exam but could not get the job.

The DGP told the district SPs and the railway police to be vigilant for the next couple of days. He told them to keep a watch on the Central government properties in the state as the agitators were targeting them as part of the protest.

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Agnipath: One killed as violence rocks Secunderabad railway station

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Agnipath: One killed as violence rocks Secunderabad railway station

One person was killed and three others injured in the police firing on youths protesting at the Secunderabad railway station on Friday against the Central government’s new military recruitment policy.

Police opened fire after the protesters went on a rampage at the station setting afire two trains and vandalising the station. The injured were admitted to Gandhi Hospital.

The situation continued to be tense as a large number of protesters remained in the station and on the tracks. The protesters were pelting stones on police while the latter were retaliating with firing of rubber bullets and teargas shells.

The Railway Protection Force, Government Railway Police and city police were trying to bring the situation under control.

Additional forces were rushed to the area which resembled a battle zone. Authorities have cancelled all the trains. With the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) buses also being targeted outside the station, the corporation suspended bus services in the area.

Violence rocked the railway station here as hundreds of youth went on a rampage, setting afire East Coast Express. Passengers ran for their safety. Several bogies were gutted.

Raising slogans against the Central government, the protesters also torched bogies of another train on the station, stalls, display boards and other railway property. They also dumped parcel articles on the tracks and set them afire.

The protesters, who were raising slogans of ‘Jai jawan Jai kisan’ and ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ ,demanded that the government scrap the recently announced scheme and continue the existing system of recruitment.

The youth were angry that the government cancelled the recruitment examination for which they had been preparing for the last 3-4 years. They said their protest would continue till the Centre scraps the new scheme.

Following the large-scale violence, an alert was sounded at all railway stations in Telangana. Security was tightened at Nampally, Kacheguda and other railway stations in Hyderabad.

Forces were also rushed to Kazipet and Jangaon railway stations as a precautionary measure.

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