Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday outrightly rejected the Opposition's allegations of caste certificates being asked from the Agnipath aspirants and said that the practice has been in existence "since pre-independence era" adding that no change has been made in the registration criteria. India News | Pre-independence Era System Being Followed: Rajnath Singh Rebuts Opposition on Caste Certificates in Agnipath Form.