Narendra Modi’s government’s flagship Agnipath Army recruitment scheme will be cancelled once her party comes to power at the centre, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi made the big announcement today in Himachal Pradesh.
Addressing a rally in poll-bound Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said: “We will cancel the Agnipath scheme when our govt will be formed at the Center. What we promise, we fulfill. In Chhattisgarh, we promised farmer’s loan waiver and it was implemented.”
Kangra | We will cancel the Agnipath scheme when our govt will be formed at the centre. What we promise, we fulfill that. In Chhattisgarh, we promised farmer’s loan waiver and it was implemented: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra #HimachalPradeshElections pic.twitter.com/efqSxUZp16
— ANI (@ANI) November 4, 2022
The Agnipath scheme is a tour of duty style scheme introduced by the Government of India on 14 June 2022, for recruitment of soldiers below the rank of commissioned officers into the three services of the armed forces. All recruits will be hired only for a four year period. Personnel recruited under this system are to be called Agniveers, which will be a new military rank. The introduction of the scheme has been criticised for lack of consultation and public debate.
This scheme will bypass many things including long tenures, pension and other benefits which were there in old system.
The opposition parties had criticized the scheme, and several protests were observed after the centre introduced it. They had demanded the rollback of the scheme.
The Defense ministry, however, made it clear that the scheme won’t be rolled back.
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