"Soldiers Have Become Like Labourers": Rahul Gandhi On Army Scheme Agniveer

Rahul Gandhi claimed, "PM Narendra Modi has made the jawans (soldiers) of India like labourers...The Army doesn't want the Agniveer scheme. It's a scheme made by PMO. Once Congress comes to power we will discard the scheme entirely."

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said today that the Agniveer scheme will be discarded entirely if his party comes to power.

Addressing a public meeting in Haryana's Mahendragarh, Rahul Gandhi claimed, "PM Narendra Modi has made the jawans (soldiers) of India like labourers...The Army doesn't want the Agniveer scheme. It's a scheme made by PMO. Once Congress comes to power we will discard the scheme entirely."

In his first election meeting in the state, he claimed, "They (the BJP) say there will be two types of martyrs - one normal jawan (soldier) and officer, who will get a pension, martyr status, all facilities and on the other hand, a person from a poor family who has been named Agniveer. Agniveers will neither get martyr status, no pension, no canteen facility."