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No Question Of Going With BJP, Even If Things Go Downhill: NCP Chief Sharad Pawar

Sharad Pawar

NCP chief Sharad Pawar said that there was no question of him going with the BJP even if the Maharashtra government falls. 

Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief, Sharad Pawar has said there was no question of him going with the BJP even if the Maharashtra government falls. This statement comes after political turmoil began to brew over Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde, and 26 other Maharashtra MLAs, camping out at a resort in Surat and going incommunicado after the results of MLC polls were declared yesterday.

In the MLC election, the opposition BJP came out on top. This is thought to be due to cross-voting by some MLAs. According to Sena leader Sanjay Raut, this was an attempt to destabilise Maharashtra’s Sena-led government.

Talking to the media, NCP chief, Sharad Pawar, said that his party was united and Eknath Shinde’s rebellion was the Sena’s internal matter. “I hope they resolve their differences soon. We are not scared,” he said.

“There is no question of going with BJP even if the Maharashtra government falls,” added Sharad Pawar.

Talking about the Eknath Shinde situation, the NCP chief said, “He never told us about his CM ambitions; I am sure Uddhav Thackeray will handle the situation.”

“There are no differences in the alliance and all have full confidence in the leadership of Thackeray,” he told reporters.

Sharad Pawar, the leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), claimed that this was the third attempt to destabilise Maharashtra’s Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government. He did, however, express confidence in Chief Minister Udhhav Thackeray’s ability to manage the crisis.

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“No Question Of Rollback”: NSA Ajit Doval On Agnipath Scheme

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Ajit Doval, National Security Adviser (NSA), stated on Tuesday that the scheme prepares India for the future.

New Delhi: National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval stated on Tuesday that the Agnipath defence recruitment scheme will not be reversed despite objections against it. He asserted that the new system will guarantee a younger and more technologically savvy force in an interview with ANI, saying “There is no question of rollback.” Even if India’s population is one of the youngest in the world, it cannot continue to have an army with a high average age.

NSA Doval is the most recent person the government has sent to defend the plan to recruit ‘Agniveer’ soldiers into the three services on four-year contracts without pensions. Only up to 25% of these recruits may receive regular commissions for the subsequent 15 years. Since the announcement on June 14, there have been violent protests all around India in response to this.

While discounting the idea of a rollback, as was done for three legislations during the farmers’ protest last year, Mr Doval stated in the interview, “It is not a reflexive response. For many years, people have argued over and discussed this plan.” He mentioned a number of army committees and ministerial panels that have discussed such an army employment plan.

“Everyone was aware of the issue, but nobody was willing or able to take a chance. Only a leader like Prime Minister Narendra Modi could assert that, if necessary, he would even suffer a political price for an action that served the interests of the country,” he said.

Mr Doval asserted that the Defence Ministry wrote to the Home Ministry in 2006, during the time a Congress-led alliance was in power, saying that “we are thinking of implementing this thing, so will the central armed forces be able to take some in reserves?” According to the NSA, the Home Ministry established a committee under the direction of the director-general of the Border Security Force (BSF), but its report was never made public.

He rubbished concerns that Agniveers fired after four years may be utilised for personal gain or turn into “mercenaries for hire.” Mr Doval said that the Agniveers will have such training and devotion to society that they will actually be “a force for internal security,” saying that the most crucial factor in maintaining law and order is for the populace to uphold the law.

“With those let go after four years, the civil society too will have thousands as catalysts of change with a national perspective,” he continued. “Not only will the military forces have well-trained soldiers.”

The programme, which was unveiled by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in front of the heads of the three services, calls for the hiring of men and women between the ages of 17 and a half and 21. After two years of no recruitment owing to the coronavirus epidemic, the Centre later increased the maximum age for recruitment to 23 years. This year, the three services are expected to hire about 45,000 soldiers. The Indian Army has already announced that registration will start the following month.

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