Lucknow: The Central Government has brought the ‘Agnipath’ scheme in haste, said the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP). Both the parties tore into the Centre for taking such a hasty decision that set the country ablaze.
The condemnation by Mayawati and Yadav came on the heels of Agnipath scheme that the Centre unveiled last week for temporary recruitment in armed forces. The recruitment will be done for four years.
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In a tweet on Monday, BSP supremo Mayawati said, “The new Agnipath scheme has taken the country by surprise and is being implemented in haste like demonetisation and lockdown, which affected crores of youths and their families and there is anger among them. The government should avoid having an arrogant attitude.”
She criticised the ‘unrestrained statements’ by BJP leaders and the ‘narrow-minded politics’ of spreading confusion among the people and creating difficulties for the Army. Similarly, president of SP Akhilesh Yadav also condemned the scheme through his tweeter. Yadav tweeted: “The youths are feeling disappointed and there is also a feeling of fear and insecurity towards their future. This will prove to be fatal for the country’s development. The responsibility of the government is to improve the present and shape up the country’s future. The opposition to the BJP from all sides shows it has lost its support base.”
