#RahulGandhi #NarendraModi #Agniveer
In his speech on July 1, during the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi called the Agnipath scheme for recruitment in the armed forces a “use and throw” scheme that differentiates heavily between a permanent soldier and those temporarily recruited as Agniveers.
Defence minister Rajnath Singh intervened to say that Gandhi’s allegations were false and that the government provides Rs 1 crore compensation to families of Agniveer soldiers who die in the line of duty.
On July 3, Gandhi posted a video on X in which he said that the defence minister had lied to parliament about this compensation. The video then showed a clip of Ajay Kumar’s father telling Gandhi earlier that while the Punjab government has given the family some money, the “Central government gave them nothing.” The video also shows Kumar’s father reacting to Rajnath Singh’s compensation claim in the Lok Sabha. He says, “We received neither any message, nor any money.”
Hours later, the Indian Army’s spokesperson posted on X, saying that they wished to clarify that “Of the total amount due, family of Agniveer Ajay has already been paid Rs 98.39 lakhs.”
While the politics over the Agnipath scheme continues, what do the Armed Forces think about the contentious scheme?
Tune in, as, Barkha Dutt speaks to,
Admiral Arun Prakash | Former Chief of the Naval Staff
Lt. Gen Raj Shukla, Former Army Commander
Major Gen. Yash Mor, Defence Analyst
Lt Gen Zameer Uddin Shah | Former VC | AMU
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