Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday hit out at the Centre’s ‘Agneepath’ military recruitment scheme and said it was wrong to play with the lives and aspirations of the youth of the country. Addressing Shiv Sena MLAs and senior leaders on the occasion of the party’s 56th foundation day, Thackeray said there is no point in speaking only about Lord Ram if the youth do not have jobs.
He said that farmers were the first to take to the streets against some agricultural laws of the Centre. “You should only give assurances that you can give,” the chief minister said. Why name schemes like ‘Agniveer’ and ‘Agneepath’ which have no meaning? What will the youth of 17 to 21 years get after four years? He asked.
“Holding soldiers on contract is dangerous, and playing with the ambitions and lives of youth is wrong. If youths do not have jobs then there is no use to speak only about Lord Ram. He said that Maharashtra is calm despite violent protests in some parts of the country against the ‘Agneepath’ scheme.
“Today may be my day, tomorrow someone else will emerge as a better option,” he said. Announcing the scheme on Tuesday, the Center had said youth in the age group of 17-and-a-half to 21 years would be inducted into the armed forces for a tenure of four years, while 25 per cent of them would be inducted regularly afterward. . Service.
The youth to be recruited under the new scheme will be called ‘Agniveer’. Later, in an effort to pacify the protesters, the government on Thursday increased the upper age limit for recruitment under the ‘Agneepath’ scheme from 21 to 23 years for the year 2022. As protests intensified in different parts of the country, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday approved a proposal to reserve 10 per cent jobs for recruitment under the ‘Agneepath’ scheme in various organizations under the ministry, if they meet the requisite eligibility. meet the criteria.
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