The Central government has announced a 10% reservation for former Agniveers in vacancies for the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). This comes amid ongoing protests against the Agnipath scheme, with the Congress party demanding a ‘white paper’ on the scheme and criticizing the government’s handling of the compensation issue for slain Agniveers.
The family of Agniveer Ajay Kumar, who died in the line of duty, has demanded the scrapping of the Agniveer scheme, escalating the political battle between the government and the opposition Congress. While the government claims to have paid the promised compensation, the family denies receiving the full amount and insists on a pension and canteen card. The Congress, led by Rahul Gandhi, continues to criticize the scheme, accusing the Defence Minister of lying about the compensation package.
