New Delhi: Former Union Minister and RJD leader Sharad Yadav Said on FridayAgnipathThe scheme is not a reform but an “attempt to damage” the existing system of recruitment armed forces and demanded that the Center should “reconsider” the initiative.
Yadav also expressed concern that after a four-year stint as a soldier, there is a greater likelihood of “abuse of skills” acquired after coming out of the armed forces.
His remarks come amid nationwide protests over the plan, in which trains were torched, public and police vehicles attacked and personnel injured.
“In my opinion, this is not a reform, but it is also an attempt to damage the existing system of recruitment in the armed forces,” Yadav said in a statement.
“I do not agree that a young man has served for four years” army Apart from working as a security guard in a private security agency, one will get a respectable job.”
He said that the skill he would get in the army would be of no use to him working in any private company.
“After coming out of the armed forces, there are more possibilities of misuse of skill than use,” Yadav said in the statement.
Yadav said, “As I have heard from many ex-army personnel that a combat soldier cannot be trained in four years, and this scheme compromises national security. I completely agree with this argument.”
Is it possible to prepare a soldier to be a missile pilot, a tank and artillery gunner, a machine gunner, a vehicle driver, or even a scout who proceeds from an infantry section for the rest of the period and then loses, he asked.
Yadav argued that the retrenchment of youth from the armed forces after four years would create a security problem.
“There is no doubt in my mind that this agniveer After getting out of the armed forces, not getting a respectable job, one can get lured by crime syndicates and other illegal activities,” he said.
He said that compromising on the security of the country to save in defense expenditure is not a wise move for a country like ours.
“I want to influence the government and suggest that it Agnipath scheme The RJD leader said, there is a need for in-depth consultation and hence there is a need to revisit the scheme so that not only the youth of the country can be assured that today’s government is concerned about them but the security of the country is also the priority.
Protests have erupted in several states since Wednesday against the Agneepath scheme to recruit soldiers in the Army, Navy and Air Force for a period of four years, followed by compulsory retirement for most without gratuity and pension benefits. .
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