Agnipath stir: Rajnath Singh meets service chiefs in Delhi

New Delhi, 18/6: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday held a meeting with the top brass of the Army, Navy and the Air Force on the overall situation arising out of the rollout of the ‘Agnipath’ military recruitment scheme as protests against it intensified in several parts of the country.

 

 

The meeting was attended by Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar and Vice Chief of Army Staff Gen B S Raju.

 

It is learnt that the focus of the meeting was to ensure a quick rollout of the ‘Agnipath’ scheme and ways to pacify the agitators