Agnipath Scheme: Punjab Chief Minister passes resolution in Vidhan Sabha, check details
This policy is likely to create dissatisfaction among the youth who wish to serve the armed forces of the nation for a lifetime. It must be highlighted that more than one lakh soldiers from Punjab serve in the Armed Forces of the nation and many of them give the supreme sacrifice of their life on the borders of the country every year, the Chief Minister said.
Agnipath Scheme: Punjab Chief Minister passes resolution in House, check details
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has today moved a resolution in the state assembly against the Centre's Agnipath Defence recruitment scheme. During the Budget session, the resolution was moved in the House. As per the resolution, the House recommends to the state government take up the matter with the Union government in order to roll back the Agnipath scheme immediately.
"The unilateral announcement of the Agnipath scheme by the Government of India has witnessed widespread reactions in all states, including Punjab," the Chief Minister said while reading the resolution. "The Punjab Vidhan Sabha strongly feels that the scheme where youth will be employed only for a period of four years and only up to 25 per cent will be retained, is neither in the best interests of national security nor of the youth of this country," he added.
"This policy is likely to create dissatisfaction among the youth who wish to serve the armed forces of the nation for a lifetime. It must be highlighted that more than one lakh soldiers from Punjab serve in the Armed Forces of the nation and many of them give the supreme sacrifice of their life on the borders of the country every year," he said.
"The youth of Punjab consider serving in the Indian Armed Forces as a matter of pride and honour and are renowned for their valour and courage. This scheme has crushed the dreams of many youths of Punjab who have been aspiring to join the Armed Forces as regular soldiers," said Mann.
"The scheme also has the propensity to weaken the long standing spirit de corps of the Armed Forces," said Mann. Protests have erupted in several parts of the country after the Centre announced the Agnipath recruitment scheme.
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