Rahul Gandhi Controversial remarks on Agniveer: During Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, a controversy arose over Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s statement regarding the recruitment of Agniveer into the army. While giving a controversial statement in Baghpat, Rahul Gandhi said, “The government will give weapons into the hands of jawans for 4 years and then after 4 years the jawans will be thrown out. Juta maarke nikal do.” The former Congress president gave this statement while speaking on the Agneepath scheme of army recruitment in Nukkad Sabha in Baraut, Baghpat.
Rahul Gandhi said in the video, there was a way for the youth to join the army, but then Agniveer came. Young people used to wake up at 4 in the morning, run on the road. You see young people running on every road in UP. He had a dream to serve the country. Rahul said, “The youth used to serve the country by serving in the army for 15 years. He used to get a pension. Narendra Modi said, no brother, leave the matter of 15 years, leave the pension. Grab the gun, stay for four years. Then they will throw you out. When the youths protested on the road, Narendra Modi’s government said, if your photo is taken during the protest, you will not get a government job.”
Rahul Gandhi has created controversies even before with his statements regarding the army. His statement about the recent incident of an incursion by Chinese soldiers in Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh was embroiled in controversies. He spoke of beating Indian soldiers with sticks and accused the Modi government of not doing anything about Chinese intrusion. However, he seemed confused about this statement. Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar had also said in Parliament that the Congress leader should have refrained from using such words. BJP leaders said that Rahul Gandhi had questioned the bravery and valor of the army.
