The Aam Aadmi Party will launch an agitation against the Agnipath scheme for short term recruitment in the Indian Army and against the shortage of funds for the security of the country's border.

Disclosing this, AAP leader Sanjay Singh said the workers and leaders of the youth and students’ wings of the party would beg alms on Sunday to highlight the faulty policies of the Narendra Modi-led government and send Rs 420 through cheque or draft to the Union government to register its protest.

He said the government should stop lamenting about the shortage of funds for the security of the country’s border. “Leaders of AAP youth and students’ wings, Pankaj Awana and Vanshraj Dubey, will lead the protest and beg alms in protest against the Agnipath scheme and other faulty policies of the Union government,” he said.

Elaborating further, Singh said 35,000 soldiers would be phased-out every year from the army. “On the other hand, China is recruiting 4.5 lakh soldiers every year. What is the intention of the Union government? The Modi-led government is now saying it has no funds to pay salaries to soldiers,” he said.

Singh said the Bharatiya Janata Party should bring back the money which was plundered and looted in the past. “The government should not compromise on our country's security. They should give pensions to ex-Servicemen and recruit youths in the army,” he said.

Condemning the Udaipur beheading, the AAP leader said the link between Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s Rashtriya Muslim Manch and the killers of Kanhaiya Lal should be probed. “There are some leaders of Rashtriya Muslim Manch, namely Tahir and Irshad, and the agencies should probe their links with the killers of Kanhaiya Lal,” he said and asked why the BJP was silent on this issue.

“The investigating agencies should make an in-depth probe into the incident. I urge the Rajasthan government to quiz the leaders of Rashtriya Muslim Manch,” he said.

The AAP leader hit out at the Enforcement Directorate, saying the agency had become a puppet in the hands of the BJP.

“The ED played an active role in the BJP's plot in toppling the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra. Why is the ED not acting against those who defrauded several thousand crore from banks in the country and have settled in foreign countries,” he said.

Singh said he was surprised why the ED was silent on the Rs 34,000 crore scam of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL). “This is the biggest scam till date. But the ED is not initiating any action in it,” he said.