For Agnipath entry, applicants have to prove they didn’t take part in arson, protests: Military leadership | India News,The Indian Express
The statement was made when a defence tri-service briefing on Sunday looked to clear doubts about the new military recruitment scheme and explained why the country needs this policy for mass entry to the armed forces.
As protests against the Centre’s new recruitment policy for Armed Forces spread across the country, the Military leadership said that the applicants for the Agnipath scheme have to pledge that they did not take part in any arson or agitation against the scheme.
“The Indian Army’s foundation is discipline. There is no space for arson and vandalism. Every individual applying for the Agnipath scheme will have to give a certificate that they were not part of protests or vandalism. Police verification is 100 per cent necessary and no one can join without that,” Lt General Anil Puri, the Additional Secretary of the Department of Military Affairs, said while addressing a press conference .
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He added: “If any FIR is lodged against them, they can’t join… They (aspirants) will be asked to write as part of the enrollment form that they were not part of the arson and their police verification will be done.”
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