Maya calls it ‘unfair’, asks govt to reconsider
LUCKNOW : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Thursday hit out at the Union government over ‘ Agnipath scheme’ and termed it “unfair towards rural youth”.
“After keeping the recruitment pending in the army for a long time, the centre has now announced a new recruitment scheme ‘Agniveer’ with a short duration of four years in the army. “Even though it has been called an attractive scheme, the youths of the country are dissatisfied and angry. They are openly opposing the change in army recruitment system,” Mayawati said in a tweet in Hindi.
“They believe that the government is limiting the soldiers’ tenure to four years in order to eliminate pension benefits in the army and government jobs, which is grossly unfair and deleterious to the future of rural youth and their families,” Mayawati said. In a series of tweets, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said the new move of recruitment will add to the woes of the people already beset with inflation and poverty.
decision was not withdrawn in the next three days.
They also handed over a memorandum for the divisional commissioner and warned they would block highways and expressways in the coming days.
Sagar Tomar of Jitauli village in Meerut, who has been preparing for recruitment in the armed forces for five years, said, “The new recruitment policy has made me worried about the future”.
Protests were also reported in Gorakhpur, Gonda and Unnao districts where youths not only staged demonstration but also blocked roads against the new policy.
In Aligarh, protestors sought to target vehicles. Police used mild force to disperse these protestors. Police also had to use force in Shikohabad area of Firozabad