BSP chief Mayawati asks Union government to reconsider Agnipath scheme; calls it 'unfair'

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Thursday hit out at the Union government over its new ‘Agneepath scheme’ of recruiting soldiers, terming it unfair towards rural youth. As announced, ‘Agneepath’ or ‘Agneeveer’ scheme is a process for recruiting soldiers in the Army, Navy and Air force, to be hired for a term of four years on contract. The scheme was announced by Defence minister Rajnath Singh on 14 June, 2022. “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.

1. सेना में काफी लम्बे समय तक भर्ती लम्बित रखने के बाद अब केन्द्र ने सेना में 4 वर्ष अल्पावधि वाली ’अग्निवीर’ नई भर्ती योजना घोषित की है, उसको लुभावना व लाभकारी बताने के बावजूद देश का युवा वर्ग असंतुष्ट एवं आक्रोशित है। वे सेना भर्ती व्यवस्था को बदलने का खुलकर विरोध कर रहे हैं।

— Mayawati (@Mayawati) June 16, 2022

“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.

2. इनका मानना है कि सेना व सरकारी नौकरी में पेंशन लाभ आदि को समाप्त करने के लिए ही सरकार सेना में जवानों की भर्ती की संख्या को कमी के साथ-साथ मात्र चार साल के लिए सीमित कर रही है, जो घोर अनुचित तथा गरीब व ग्रामीण युवाओं व उनके परिवार के भविष्य के साथ खुला खिलवाड़ है।

— Mayawati (@Mayawati) June 16, 2022

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In a series of tweets, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said that the new move of recruitment will add to the woes of the people already beset with inflation and poverty. “People in the country are already afflicted by rising poverty, inflation, unemployment, wrong policies, and arrogant working style of the government, in such a situation, the uneasiness spread among the youth regarding new recruitment system in the army is causing anxiety.

3. देश में लोग पहले ही बढ़ती गरीबी, महंगाई, बेरोजगारी एवं सरकार की गलत नीतियों व अहंकारी कार्यशैली आदि से दुःखी व त्रस्त हैं, ऐसे में सेना में नई भर्ती को लेकर युवा वर्ग में फैली बेचैनी अब निराशा उत्पन्न कर रही है। सरकार तुरन्त अपने फैसले पर पुनर्विचार करे, बीएसपी की यह माँग।

— Mayawati (@Mayawati) June 16, 2022

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