Through PTI
NEW DELHI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked the Centre over the Agnipath army recruitment scheme, pronouncing the rustic’s safety and the way forward for the formative years are in peril with this “new experiment” of High Minister Narendra Modi’s “laboratory”.
Sixty infantrymen retire yearly, out of which best 3,000 are getting govt jobs, Gandhi mentioned in a tweet in Hindi.
“What’s going to be the way forward for hundreds of ‘Agniveers’ retiring after 4-year contracts,” the previous Congress leader requested.
“With this new experiment of the High Minister’s laboratory, each the protection of the rustic and the way forward for the formative years are in peril,” Gandhi mentioned.
A number of portions of the rustic had witnessed protests after the announcement of the scheme that seeks to recruit youths between the age bracket of 17-and-half years to 21 for best 4 years with a provision to retain 25 in keeping with cent of them for 15 extra years.
For 2022, the higher age restrict has been prolonged to 23 years.
NEW DELHI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked the Centre over the Agnipath army recruitment scheme, pronouncing the rustic’s safety and the way forward for the formative years are in peril with this “new experiment” of High Minister Narendra Modi’s “laboratory”.
Sixty infantrymen retire yearly, out of which best 3,000 are getting govt jobs, Gandhi mentioned in a tweet in Hindi.
“What’s going to be the way forward for hundreds of ‘Agniveers’ retiring after 4-year contracts,” the previous Congress leader requested.
“With this new experiment of the High Minister’s laboratory, each the protection of the rustic and the way forward for the formative years are in peril,” Gandhi mentioned.
A number of portions of the rustic had witnessed protests after the announcement of the scheme that seeks to recruit youths between the age bracket of 17-and-half years to 21 for best 4 years with a provision to retain 25 in keeping with cent of them for 15 extra years.
For 2022, the higher age restrict has been prolonged to 23 years.