India Today:-
The Delhi-Gurugram Expressway on Monday saw heavy traffic jams following a call for Bharat Bandh against the military recruitment scheme- Agnipath- by some organisations.
A massive jam was seen on the expressway near the Sarhaul border as Delhi Police checked vehicles. The organisations have demanded a rollback of the scheme.
Opposition parties, including Congress and Aam Aadmi Party, will stage protests against the Agnipath scheme at Jantar Mantar in Delhi today. In Faridabad and Noida, prohibitory orders have been imposed that prohibit the assembly of four or more persons.
Protests erupted in several states including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Telangana during the past four days against Centre’s Agnipath scheme for the recruitment of soldiers between 17.5 and 21 years in the armed forces for a four-year period, followed by compulsory retirement for most without gratuity and pension benefits.
The protests have been violent in some parts of the country resulting in the railways cancelling at least 483 trains on Sunday.
