The Congress on Wednesday distanced itself from occasion MP Manish Tewari’s stand favouring the Agnipath scheme, saying these had been fully his personal views and never of the occasion which firmly believes the brand new army recruitment initiative is “anti-national security and anti-youth”.
In an article within the Indian Express, Tewari wrote that the Agniveer recruitment reform should be contextualised within the backdrop of the bigger canvas of defence reforms that embrace the appointment of a Chief of Defence Staff, a reorganisation of the armed forces into theatre instructions to advertise jointness and synergy. The way forward for warfare entails a lighter human footprint, however troopers geared up with state-of-the-art weaponry, supported by cutting-edge expertise to struggle a warfare in a extremely informationised setting, he mentioned.This recruitment reform would assist in proper sizing the armed forces offered it will get dovetailed into the imperatives of fifth era warfare, Tewari mentioned.
In response to the article, Congress common secretary Jairam Ramesh mentioned on Twitter, “Manish Tewari, INC MP, has written an article on Agnipath. While @INCIndia is the only democratic party, it must be said his views are entirely his own & not of the party, which firmly believes Agnipath is anti-national security & anti-youth, bulldozed through without discussion.” Responding to Ramesh on Twitter, Tewari mentioned the tagline of the article does say — the views are private.”I want @Jairam_Ramesh ji would have learn it proper until the very finish,” the Lok Sabha MP mentioned and hooked up a screenshot of the article the place it was written on the finish that the views had been private.Earlier additionally, Tewari had mentioned the brand new Agnipath scheme is a much-needed reform in the appropriate path whereas noting that the armed forces shouldn’t be an employment assure programme.
“This is a reform which is much-needed and is a reform in the right direction,” Tewari had mentioned. “I do empathise with youth who have concerns over Agnipath recruitment Process.Reality is India needs a younger armed force with lighter human footprint savvy on technology, equipped with state-of-the-art weaponry. Armed forces of Union shouldn’t be an employment guarantee programme,” he had mentioned.Tewari has usually taken a stand at variance with the occasion traces.
Following the Sangrur by-election outcomes during which the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) candidate Simranjit Singh Mann defeated the ruling AAP candidate, Tewari had mentioned, “Sangrur bye-election definitely is a wake up call for @AamAadmiParty.Has other implications too. @INCPunjab rather than exulting should introspect why it dropped from 3,03,350 votes-2019 to 79,668 votes -2022 & lost its deposit. In Delhi by-Polls @INCIndia polled only 2014 votes.” Several states witnessed protests, together with unbridled violence, after the Agnipath scheme was introduced on June 14. It envisages recruiting within the armed forces youth within the age bracket of 17-and-half to 21 years for less than 4 years with a provision to retain 25 per cent of them for 15 extra years. For 2022, the higher age restrict has been prolonged to 23 years. The Congress has been vehemently protesting the Agnipath scheme and its leaders had noticed a “peaceful Satyagraha” on Monday in all meeting constituencies, demanding withdrawal of the scheme.
The Congress had additionally noticed a peaceable Satyagraha at Jantar-Mantar in New Delhi and likewise in varied states on the problem on June 20.Congress MPs had taken out a peaceable march from Parliament towards Agnipath and a delegation of senior leaders submitted a memorandum to President Ram Nath Kovind requesting him to withdraw the controversial scheme.The president is the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.
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