New Delhi. Union Home Minister Amit Shah today tried to clear the confusion related to the Agniveer scheme of army recruitment by clarifying many things being spread about it. During this, he also targeted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and said that Rahul is spreading lies among the public and misleading people for the benefit of his party.
Kangra, Himachal Pradesh: Union Home Minister Amit Shah says, “Since Rahul Gandhi became a leader, there has been a change. Earlier, genuine issues were raised, but now a new trend has started where false issues are made into agendas. The Agniveer Scheme is a prime example. I… pic.twitter.com/nt1UZOkXZQ
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Amit Shah said, ever since Rahul Gandhi became a leader, there has been a radical change in politics. Rahul Gandhi started a tradition of making false things an issue and the biggest example of this is the Agniveer Yojana. A misconception is being spread across the country that the lives of the youth recruited in the army under the Agniveer Yojana will be ruined after 4 years. Giving clarification on this, the Home Minister said that suppose if 100 youth are recruited under the Agniveer Yojana, then after four years of service, 25 percent of them will get jobs directly in the army and for the remaining 75 percent, all BJP-ruled state governments have arranged for 10 to 20 percent reservation in the police in their states and 10 percent reservation for Agniveers has also been implemented in the paramilitary forces of the central government.
Apart from this, Agniveers will also be given many concessions in their selection after four years of service, such as age concession, some benefits in the examination and they will not have to give physical test. After all these concessions, if any Agniveer is left who has not joined the state and central police force or paramilitary force, then apart from that many private security agencies have also set priority for Agniveers. In this way, Agniveers will get good salary with the job for 4 years and after that they will also get a permanent job with gratuity.