Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the Agnipath scheme. He tweeted on Monday (June 27, 2022) and said that the Prime Minister of the country is making his friends wealthy by giving them the country’s airports, but he wants to make the youth Agniveer by keeping them on contract.
Rahul Gandhi wrote on Twitter, “The Prime Minister is making ‘Daulatveer’ by giving the country’s airport for 50 years to his friends and ‘Agniveer’ to the youth on a contract of only 4 years. Today the Congress party across the country is conducting a satyagraha against ‘Agneepath’ and this satyagraha will not stop until the youth get justice.
Congress’s Satyagraha: The Congress on Monday held satyagraha in all the assembly constituencies of the country regarding the Agneepath scheme and demanded the withdrawal of the ‘Tughlaqi’ decision to implement the scheme. 20 senior Congress leaders and spokespersons, including Pawan Khera in West Bengal, Ajay Maken in Lucknow, Supriya Srinet in Mumbai and Gaurav Gogoi in Chennai, addressed press conferences in several cities. During this, there was a demand to withdraw this scheme citing threat to national security and dissatisfaction among the youth.
Pinarayi Vijayan asked the Congress question: On the other hand, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan attacked the Congress on Monday over the 2002 Gujarat riots. CM Vijayan raised the question whether Congress wants to forget the Gujarat riots? Did Congress ever support Zakia Jafri’s legal battle? He alleged that neither Congress President Sonia Gandhi nor any senior leader of that party met Zakia Jafri to announce her support for her legal battle. Zakia’s husband and former Congress MP Ishaan Jafri was killed during the Gujarat riots.
Congress silent on fear of BJP: CM questions Congress’ silence on arrest of retired DGP RB Sreekumar and social activist Teesta Setalvad by Gujarat Police after Supreme Court verdict. “The Congress could have protested at least nominally. Mass protest is not needed. Why couldn’t they think like that?”
Pinarayi Vijayan said that Sreekumar and Setalvad were arrested on the day emergency was declared in 1975. Congress is keeping silence in front of the threat of the Sangh Parivar. Congress is crawling on its knees due to fear of BJP. All parties, including the Indian Union Muslim League standing with the Congress, should seriously consider this.