The remarks by CISF Director General Nina Singh, her BSF counterpart Nitin Agrawal and CRPF Director General Anish Dayal Singh came amid a fresh spotlight on the Agnipath recruitment scheme for short-term induction of personnel in the Army, Navy and Air Force.

Requesting President Droupadi Murmu’s “intervention,” in the matter of granting special privileges to Agniveer, Rahul Gandhi said as President she could not generally interfere in matters of policy, but an exception had to be made to address the “discrimination against our Agniveer who bravely risk their lives to serve.”