Congress to hold a 'satyagraha' on June 19 at Jantar Mantar in solidarity with the youth protesting against Central Government's Agnipath Recruitment Scheme. All MPs, CWC members, and AICC office bearers will participate in the protest. Protests have broken out in various parts of the country against the new recruitment scheme in the Armed Forces. In some places, the protests turned violent as trains were set ablaze.

Meanwhile, one person died in Telangana's Secunderabad on Friday as protests against the newly announced military recruitment policy, Agnipath, turned violent. Earlier, protesters torched compartments of a train in Bihar's Samastipur and those in another train at Lakhisarai station. As many as 340 train services were affected on Friday due to youth's agitation against the recently launched Agnipath recruitment scheme.