Left, Right & Centre

Corporate India has spoken up in a united voice with the message that the Agniveer scheme will bring excellent, trained youngsters into the job market - but that brings us the question - what has corporate India, or for that matter, the government done for ex-servicemen jobs so far? Tonight on Left, Right & Centre, we explore what happened to all the quotas that exist in government jobs, and whether retired soldiers get those jobs.

Amid anger among aspirants over the Agnipath scheme, forces have made it clear that there is no going back on the new recruitment plan for the three forces. The government has announced a slew of measures to make the new Agnipath scheme more attractive. Has the government done enough to allay the fears of applicants to the Agnipath scheme?

Several new concessions have been announced by the government to pacify protesters upset with the new Agnipath military recruitment scheme. The Government hopes to quell the anger of the protesters with these new guarantees. Will it be enough?

"When we asked the police officials why they were detaining us, they replied 'we are being directed by the higher-ups'," said Congress leader in the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.

Initially, the police said they would investigate the custodial violence in UP's Saharanpur seen in the video tweeted by a BJP MLA but five days down the line, no action has been taken. An NDTV special report documents the Saharanpur police saying they've never even seen the video - meanwhile, families of the victims are weeping, scared and unable to take on the police. On tonight's episode of Left, Right & Centre, we ask - how was this extra-judicial beating justified, and when will action be taken?

A new, radical armed forces recruitment plan 'Agnipath' aims to redefine recruitment in the Indian armed forces by bringing in young talent, but with it come potential concerns - including a possible negative effect on motivation in these young recruits and if the forces will lose out on experienced soldiers. On tonight's episode of Left, Right & Centre, we debate the merits and shortcomings of this optimistic scheme.

Around nine men beg and try to block blows raining incessantly on them from two policemen armed with sticks in what appears to be a police station, but in vain. A video of the incident shared by an Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA on Twitter with the caption "return gift for rioters" has triggered criticism of the cops and allegations of police brutality by the opposition. Three days later, there is still no action against the BJP MLA. On tonight's episode of Left, Right & Centre, we ask how we, as a society can accept extra-judicial action so easily. Why should it take the UP police so long to take action, and how is it that a serving MLA can so casually justify violence?

The home of Javed Mohammed, key accused in the Prayagraj violence, was bulldozed by UP cops. His lawyer say the house isn't even his. The police say they've found illegal weapons. Nothing justifies violence but does justice mean destroying homes of those who haven't even been convicted?

Two weeks after the communal comments by the now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma on Prophet Muhammad, violence continues to be reported across the states of Uttar Pradesh, Ranchi and West Bengal. 237 arrests have been made after Friday violence and 13 police cases have been registered in UP. In Bengal, section 144 has been imposed.