Call for agitation defied, 500 Kashmiri youths turn up for Army recruitment rally

ProMASS News Bureau: Sep 22, 2016: On the backdrop of Uri attack and stone pelting on Indian Army, Kashmir youths have come out decisively expressing willingness to join Indian Army. Defying the separatists’ call of agitation, around 500 Kashmiri youths have turned up for an Army recruitment rally in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district, one of the worst-hit places in the ongoing unrest in the Valley. An Army official said the recruitment rallies in south Kashmir would continue till September 25. The official said, more than 12,000 youths across Kashmir have applied online under the recruitment process. The Army’s recruitment drive would move north from September 29, when such a rally would be held in Bandipora district.