{"id":11092,"date":"2024-02-16T11:04:12","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T11:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=11092"},"modified":"2024-02-16T11:04:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T11:04:12","slug":"agniveer-scheme-brought-to-benefit-business-house-rahul-gandhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/agniveer-scheme-brought-to-benefit-business-house-rahul-gandhi\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Agniveer’ scheme brought to benefit business house: Rahul Gandhi"},"content":{"rendered":"

BIHAR: On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Friday,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Congress leader <\/span><\/span>Rahul\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Gandhi<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>accused\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Narendra\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Modi<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>administration\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>introducing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>‘Agniveer’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>programme\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>syphon\u00a0<\/span><\/span>off\u00a0<\/span><\/span>military\u00a0<\/span><\/span>budget\u00a0<\/span><\/span>emoluments\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>use\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>enrich\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>large\u00a0<\/span>corporate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>conglomerate.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Gandhi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>accusation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mohania,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kaimur\u00a0<\/span><\/span>district\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bihar,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>borders\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Uttar\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Pradesh<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>This\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>region\u00a0<\/span><\/span>where\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>big\u00a0<\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>young\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>known\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>enlist\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>military.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Two\u00a0<\/span>years\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ago,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>area\u00a0<\/span><\/span>saw\u00a0<\/span><\/span>widespread\u00a0<\/span>demonstrations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>against\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Agniveer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>plan.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Gandhi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claimed,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“An\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Agniveer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>get\u00a0<\/span><\/span>access\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>canteen\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>salary\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pension\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>par\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>regular\u00a0<\/span>army\u00a0<\/span><\/span>soldier.”On\u00a0<\/span>June\u00a015,\u00a02022,\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0government\u00a0<\/span>unveiled\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>‘Agnipath’\u00a0<\/span>initiative,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>aims\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>hire\u00a0<\/span><\/span>candidates\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0three\u00a0services\u00a0<\/span>who\u00a0<\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>‘below\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>officer’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rank’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>four-year\u00a0<\/span>term\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>‘Agniveers’.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>“This\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>because\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Modi\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>does\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>want\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>spend\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>defence\u00a0<\/span>budget\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>salary\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>perks\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>soldiers,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>asserted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>former\u00a0<\/span><\/span>president\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Congress.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>desires\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>use\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>funds\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>business\u00a0<\/span><\/span>house’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>advantage.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>Gandhi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span><\/span>earlier\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>day\u00a0<\/span><\/span>declared\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>if\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>INDIA\u00a0<\/span><\/span>alliance\u00a0<\/span><\/span>wins\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2024\u00a0<\/span>Lok\u00a0Sabha\u00a0<\/span>elections,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>they\u00a0<\/span>would\u00a0<\/span><\/span>honour\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0long-standing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>requests\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0nation’s\u00a0<\/span>farmers\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0give\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0legal\u00a0guarantee\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0minimum\u00a0<\/span>support\u00a0<\/span>price\u00a0<\/span>(MSP)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>crops.<\/span><\/span>As\u00a0<\/span><\/span>part\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>his\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“Bharat\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jodo\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Nyay\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Yatra,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span>spoke\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0group\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0farmers\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>Rohtas,\u00a0<\/span>Bihar,\u00a0<\/span>known\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>“Kisan\u00a0<\/span>Nyay\u00a0<\/span>Panchayat.”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>asserted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“cultivators\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>getting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>remunerative\u00a0<\/span>prices\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>their\u00a0<\/span><\/span>crops.”<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>We\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>provide\u00a0<\/span><\/span>MSP\u00a0<\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0legal\u00a0<\/span>assurance\u00a0<\/span><\/span>if\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0INDIA\u00a0<\/span>bloc\u00a0<\/span>wins\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0general\u00a0<\/span>elections.<\/span> <\/span><\/span>Farmers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>always\u00a0<\/span>received\u00a0<\/span><\/span>what\u00a0<\/span>they\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>asked\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Congress.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>Gandhi\u00a0<\/span>declared,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“We\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>always\u00a0<\/span>protected\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>interests\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cultivators\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>continue\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0do\u00a0<\/span>so,\u00a0<\/span>whether\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span>through\u00a0<\/span><\/span>loan\u00a0<\/span>waiver\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0MSP.”<\/span> His\u00a0<\/span>remarks\u00a0<\/span><\/span>coincide\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0call\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0a\u00a0<\/span>“Bharat\u00a0<\/span>Bandh”\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>farmers’\u00a0<\/span>organisation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Samyukta\u00a0<\/span>Kisan\u00a0<\/span>Morcha\u00a0<\/span>(SKM)\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>Friday\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>an\u00a0effort\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0pressure\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BJP-led\u00a0<\/span><\/span>federal\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>grant\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>demands\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>growers,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>include\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legally\u00a0<\/span>mandated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>minimum\u00a0<\/span>support\u00a0<\/span><\/span>price\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>crops.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>Punjabi\u00a0<\/span>farmers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>started\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span><\/span>‘Delhi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chalo’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>march\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Tuesday,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>but\u00a0<\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>border\u00a0<\/span>crossings\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Shambhu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Khanauri,\u00a0<\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>separate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Delhi\u00a0<\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>Haryana,\u00a0<\/span>security\u00a0guards\u00a0<\/span><\/span>intervened.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>Since\u00a0<\/span>then,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0farmers\u00a0<\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>protesting\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0set\u00a0<\/span><\/span>up\u00a0<\/span><\/span>camp\u00a0<\/span>near\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0border\u00a0<\/span>crossings.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>On\u00a0<\/span>Friday,\u00a0<\/span>their\u00a0discontent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reached\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>fourth\u00a0<\/span>day.<\/span>Gandhi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>added,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“If\u00a0<\/span><\/span>you\u00a0<\/span><\/span>look\u00a0<\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>media\u00a0<\/span><\/span>coverage,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>you\u00a0<\/span><\/span>find\u00a0<\/span><\/span>little\u00a0<\/span>mention\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>farmers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>other\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>opposition\u00a0<\/span>leaders\u00a0<\/span><\/span>like\u00a0<\/span><\/span>us,”\u00a0<\/span>while\u00a0<\/span>speaking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Mohania\u00a0<\/span>rally\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kaimur.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>Modi\u00a0<\/span>will\u00a0be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seen\u00a0<\/span><\/span>occupying\u00a0<\/span><\/span>space\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>his\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pals.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>“On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sometimes,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>you\u00a0<\/span><\/span>may\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>find\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Nitish\u00a0<\/span>Kumar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>beside\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Prime\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Minister,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Congress\u00a0<\/span><\/span>leader\u00a0<\/span><\/span>added.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>comment,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>directed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>towards\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bihar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>chief\u00a0<\/span>minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>recently\u00a0<\/span>left\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>opposition\u00a0<\/span><\/span>group\u00a0<\/span><\/span>INDIA\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>joined\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>alliance\u00a0<\/span><\/span>led\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>BJP,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>caused\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>crowds\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>erupt\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>laughter.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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BIHAR: On\u00a0Friday,\u00a0Congress leader Rahul\u00a0Gandhi\u00a0accused\u00a0the\u00a0Narendra\u00a0Modi\u00a0administration\u00a0of\u00a0introducing\u00a0the\u00a0‘Agniveer’\u00a0programme\u00a0to\u00a0syphon\u00a0off\u00a0military\u00a0budget\u00a0emoluments\u00a0and\u00a0use\u00a0it\u00a0to\u00a0enrich\u00a0a\u00a0large\u00a0corporate\u00a0conglomerate. Gandhi\u00a0made\u00a0the\u00a0accusation\u00a0at\u00a0Mohania,\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0Kaimur\u00a0district\u00a0of\u00a0Bihar,\u00a0which\u00a0borders\u00a0Uttar\u00a0Pradesh.\u00a0This\u00a0is\u00a0a\u00a0region\u00a0where\u00a0a\u00a0big\u00a0number\u00a0of\u00a0young\u00a0people\u00a0are\u00a0known\u00a0to\u00a0enlist\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0military. Two\u00a0years\u00a0ago,\u00a0the\u00a0area\u00a0saw\u00a0widespread\u00a0demonstrations\u00a0against\u00a0the\u00a0Agniveer\u00a0plan. 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