'Recruitment or death': Paramilitary aspirants march to Delhi

Hundreds of paramilitary aspirants marching to Delhi to demand recruitment arrived in Agra on Friday. The aspirants said they have tried everything to obtain joining letters and now the government should "either give us jobs or give us death".

Hundreds of paramilitary aspirants arrived in Agra on Friday on their way to Delhi to demand recruitment. The aspirants are on a march from Maharashtra’s Nagpur to Delhi where they will stage a protest at Jantar Mantar on July 25.

They are demanding the government launch a recruitment drive to fill the vacant positions in the paramilitary forces.

The contingent of aspirants arrived in Agra on the 44th day of their journey at 7:30 am, shouting 'Sarkar Vardi De Ya Arthi'. The contingent was welcomed in Agra by Congress workers and locals who showered them with flowers.

Congress state secretary Amit Singh said the BJP-led government's adamant attitude has landed the country in such a mess that there is no money and no jobs. “The youth of this country are very disappointed with the Modi government,” said Singh.

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Vishal Langde, who is leading the march of paramilitary aspirants, told India Today that they have passed the written exam for recruitment in the paramilitary forces, and have even given the medical exam, but despite there being vacant positions, they have not been issued their joining letters. He added that they tried everything to obtain the letters but to no avail.

He said that they had previously held a year-long protest in Delhi with a 72-day hunger strike. After that, they also held a protest at the Samvidhan Chowk in Nagpur, and now they are walking to Delhi. “If the government does not give us jobs, it should give us death,” said Langde.