Gandhi also said that for eight consecutive years, the BJP government has 'insulted' the values of 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan'
Rahul Gandhi. File Pic
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has hit out at PM Narendra Modi and over the 'Agnipath' scheme said that just as he had to withdraw the farm laws, he will have to accept the demand of the youth and rollback the Agnipath defense recruitment scheme.
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Gandhi also said that for eight consecutive years, the BJP government has "insulted" the values of 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan'. In a tweet in Hindi, Gandhi said, "I had said earlier also that the prime minister will have to withdraw the black farm laws." "In the same manner, he will have to accept the demand of the youth of the country by becoming 'maafiveer' and take back the 'Agnipath' scheme," he said.
8 सालों से लगातार भाजपा सरकार ने ‘जय जवान, जय किसान' के मूल्यों का अपमान किया है।
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) June 18, 2022
मैंने पहले भी कहा था कि प्रधानमंत्री जी को काले कृषि कानून वापस लेने पड़ेंगे।
ठीक उसी तरह उन्हें ‘माफ़ीवीर' बनकर देश के युवाओं की बात माननी पड़ेगी और 'अग्निपथ' को वापस लेना ही पड़ेगा।
Unveiling the scheme on June 14, the government said youths between the ages of 17-and-a-half and 21 years would be inducted for a four-year tenure while 25 per cent of the recruits will be retained for regular service.
After the announcement of the scheme, protests have broken out across the country. A man was shot dead in police firing in Telangana's Secunderabad, trains went up in flames, and public and private vehicles were attacked, as railway stations and highways turned into battlegrounds in many states on June 17.
The new scheme for the recruitment of soldiers in the three services was projected by the government as a major overhaul of the decades-old selection process to enhance the youthful profile of the three services.
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With inputs from PTI
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