Mangaluru : The South Block Congress Committee staged a protest to oppose the Agnipath scheme on July 2, Saturday near the Mini Vidhana Saudha.

Addressing the protestors, senior Congress leader and former MLC Ivan D’Souza said the BJP government has failed to fulfill the promise made by it to create 2 crore jobs every year. He said a youth who wishes to join the Agnipath scheme will have to cut short his education in the Pre-University level. He demanded the government to immediately withdraw the Agnipath scheme.

Former MLA J R Lobo, former mayor Shashidhar Hegde and other party leaders participated in the protest.