With the protests towards the new recruitment scheme, Agnipath, now spreading to eight states, Congress President Sonia Gandhi nowadays certain army job aspirants that her celebration “will strongly stand” with them as they attempt to put stress on the government to rollback the contentious scheme. The new navy recruitment scheme is “directionless”, and was introduced besides maintaining the pastimes of the army job aspirants in mind, the Congress chief said in a declaration in Hindi.
“I am disappointed that the authorities not noted your voices and announced the “new military recruitment scheme”, which is directionless. Many ex-servicemen have additionally raised questions about the new scheme,” the statement, which was shared by birthday celebration chief Jairam Ramesh on Twitter, said.
“The Indian National Congress strongly stand with our promise to defend your interests against the scheme. As a genuine patriot, we will raise our voice in opposition to the scheme barring violence, persistence and peace,” she said.
