Cong seeks parliamentary panel discussion on Agnipath

Congress MP KC Venugopal on Friday urged Parliament’s Standing Committee on Defence Chairman Jual Oram to convene an pressing assembly of all stakeholders and defence specialists to debate intimately the lately introduced Agniveer scheme by the Central authorities.

Noting that violent protests are persevering with throughout the nation over the lately introduced recruitment scheme, the Congress MP in his letter stated, “As you’re conscious, violent protests are persevering with throughout the nation over the lately introduced Agniveer Recruitment Scheme by the Central Authorities. There may be widespread anger among the many youth with regard to this scheme significantly as a consequence of its non permanent nature, lack of pension and well being care advantages.”

Mentioning the downside of the scheme, Venugopal, a member of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Defence stated, “Considerably, it is usually identified that the scheme carries a number of dangers together with the subversion of the long-standing traditions of the armed forces. There may be additionally extensive apprehension that the troopers recruited below the scheme might lack required coaching within the proposed brief span of six months. For all apparent causes, it’s evident that the scheme is poorly conceived and swiftly drawn up with none extensive consultations with stakeholders.”

He additional urged to convene an pressing assembly of the Standing Committee on Defence on the earliest to debate and deliberate upon the Agnipath scheme intimately.

With inputs from NDTV