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Congress to take to streets after 15 August demanding rollback of Agnipath scheme

Press Trust of India • August 10, 2022, 23:05:24 IST
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Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Deepinder Singh Hooda said he, along with several other Congress members, had given adjournment notices in both Houses of Parliament in the just-concluded Monsoon session for holding a discussion on the Agnipath scheme but the government did not agree

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Congress to take to streets after 15 August demanding rollback of Agnipath scheme

New Delhi: Extending support to the ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’ campaign by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha and ex-servicemen organisations, the Congress on Wednesday said that it would take to the streets after 15 August to demand the rollback of the Agnipath scheme Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Deepinder Singh Hooda said the party would demand the rollback of the Agnipath scheme during its agitation. He said the Samyukt Kisan Morcha and some organisations of jawans and the unemployed youth had announced jointly launching the ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’ campaign against the Agnipath scheme and holding seminars all over the country from 7 to 14 August. The Congress party will extend its full support to the campaign, he added. Hooda said the government should tell the country if the Agnipath scheme was good for the nation, why was it running away from a discussion on it in Parliament? Hooda said he, along with several other Congress members, had given adjournment notices in both Houses of Parliament in the just-concluded Monsoon session for holding a discussion on the Agnipath scheme but the government did not agree. The Congress leader alleged that the strength of the armed forces in the country would be drastically reduced once the Agnipath scheme is implemented and the usual recruitment from states such as Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Uttarakhand would also reduce drastically. He said that from 5,000 recruitments every year from Haryana alone, there will only be 963 ‘Agniveers’ recruited now, of whom only 240 will be taken as regulars in the armed forces. “…we extend full support to the Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan campaign launched by Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) and joint organisation of ex-servicemen who fought for ‘One rank, One pension’…,” the Congress leader told reporters. “The Congress party itself after August 15 will take to the streets. Just like we did in case of fighting against inflation, we will take to the streets and we will have our own agitational programmes to protest against record unemployment and to demand rollback of the Agnipath scheme,” he said. Hooda also accused the government of betraying farmers by not giving a guarantee on minimum support price, bringing in the electricity bill without discussion with farmers and all stakeholders and not sacking union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra, whose son was arrested in connection with the killing of farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh. Talking about the electricity bill, he alleged the government wants to hand over profitable power ventures to private players and this will result in stopping all cross-subsidisation of power. The Congress MP claimed that this will lead to higher power rates for farmers, the agriculture sector, the poor and the middle class as cross-subsidisation will come to an end and power rates by state power boards would have to be raised. Hooda accused the government of copying the western model which was not applicable in a vast country like India, which required its own model. “We should stop copying the western models and stop following their policies as India needs different policies suited to the country. The electricity bill will lead to an increase in power tariffs for the agriculture sector, the middle class and the poor,” he said. Read all the Latest News , Trending News , Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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