Chirag Paswan Demands Withdrawal Of Agnipath Scheme, Writes To Rajnath

Anupama Dash June 16, 2022

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Patna, June 16: After massive protest over the Agnipath scheme, Chirag Paswan, the president of Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) wrote to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and demanded immediate withdrawal of the same.

Paswan pointed out that such a move of the Centre will increase unemployment in the country.

After massive protest over the #AgnipathScheme, #ChiragPaswan, the president of Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) wrote to Defence Minister #RajnathSingh (@rajnathsingh) and demanded immediate withdrawal of the same.

Photo: @iChiragPaswan pic.twitter.com/2JlGv3K4gx

— IANS (@ians_india) June 16, 2022

Bijendra Prasad Yadav, a cabinet Minister in the Nitish Kumar government, also put a question mark over the new scheme.

“The students are protesting against the Agnipath scheme. In this case, the Centre should talk to youths and their unions. The government should take suggestions from common people,” Yadav said.

Jan Adhikar Party (JAP) chief Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav said the Agnipath scheme could prove suicidal for the defence forces.

“Such a move can break the morale of the defence personnel. The Indian Army is our pride and politics over it would not be tolerated,” Pappu Yadav said.

“The BJP government came with one rank one pension promise in 2014 Lok Sabha election and now it is implementing no rank no pension in the country,” Pappu Yadav said.