Jaipur, June 28 (TIWN) A youth was roughed up by Congress workers for enumerating benefits of Agnipath scheme when the party was staging a protest against it in Jhunjhunu on Monday.

According to onlookers, the Congress had staged a ‘dharna’ as a part of a call given by leaders for all India protest against the Agnipath scheme launched by the central government for Indian youths.  Amid the dharna, a young man came and sought permission to speak about the scheme. On being given a mike, he started counting the benefits of the scheme which irked the agitators. Khalil Budana, General Secretary of the District Congress Committee, snatched the mike from the youth and thrashed him up.  The deputed police personnel rushed to the dias.  Jagdeep Singh, who was assualted, is a resident of Lohsana in Churu district.  “When the saw the demonstration the against the Agnipath scheme, I wanted to tell them about its benefits and took the mic with the consent of the organisers. When I started counting the benefits of the scheme, people got furious, snatched mike and started beating me,” he said.