Youths melt their bones then get a job in army: BJP MP Varun Gandhi on party MLA's Jihadi remarks
New Delhi, Jun 20: BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Monday hit out at his party's MLA for calling Agnipath' protesters Jihadis, saying that youths of the country melt their bones to serve in the army and that peaceful demonstration is everyone's right.
Taking to Twitter, the Pilibhit MP, who has often taken a divergent view from the party on various issues, shared a video of BJP MLA from Bihar Harishbhushan Thakur Bachhaul, in which the lawmaker is seen calling the protesters jihadis and Khalistanis .
"Jihadis opposed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi were behind the violence and arson that took place in Bihar during protests against Agnipath and they felt emboldened by utterances of 'big leaders' of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD (U), Bachhaul says in the video.
Gandhi took exception to the lawmakers' tarring everyone with the same brush and extolled the youths who join the army and the efforts they put in the process.
"When the farmers came out on the road for their rights, they are 'Khalistani', now youngsters come on roads for recruitment in army, they are 'Jihadis'. Youths melt their bones like Dadhichi with a sense of service to Mother India, and then get a job in the army. Peaceful demonstration in democracy is everybody's right," Varun tweeted.
Gandhi was among the first one to raise questions on the Agnipath scheme which seeks to recruit soldiers on four-year contract, saying if a government is elected for five years then why youths should be limited to four years of service in the armed forces.
He had also said it was not appropriate for a sensitive government to "strike first and think later", when it comes to the armed forces, security, and the youth's future.
किसान जब अपने अधिकारों के लिए सड़क पर उतरें तो वो खालिस्तानी, युवा सेना में बहाली को लेकर सड़कों पर आये तो वे जेहादी। देशभक्त युवा माँ भारती की सेवा का भाव मन में लिए दधीचि की तरह अपनी हड्डियां गलाता है तब जा कर फ़ौज में नौकरी पाता है।लोकतंत्र में शांतिपूर्ण प्रदर्शन सबका अधिकार। pic.twitter.com/DB6FlvfgLI
— Varun Gandhi (@varungandhi80) June 20, 2022
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NEET student hangs self in Rajasthan's Sikar
Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.
According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.
He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.
He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.
His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.
The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.
The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.
Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.
