"The Difference Between Agniveers & Permanent Soldiers Who Die In The Line Of Duty..." | Barkha Dutt
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Published 2024-07-04
In his speech on July 1, during the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi called the Agnipath scheme for recruitment in the armed forces a “use and throw” scheme that differentiates heavily between a permanent soldier and those temporarily recruited as Agniveers.
Defence minister Rajnath Singh intervened to say that Gandhi’s allegations were false and that the government provides Rs 1 crore compensation to families of Agniveer soldiers who die in the line of duty.
On July 3, Gandhi posted a video on X in which he said that the defence minister had lied to parliament about this compensation. The video then showed a clip of Ajay Kumar’s father telling Gandhi earlier that while the Punjab government has given the family some money, the “Central government gave them nothing.” The video also shows Kumar’s father reacting to Rajnath Singh’s compensation claim in the Lok Sabha. He says, “We received neither any message, nor any money.”
Hours later, the Indian Army’s spokesperson posted on X, saying that they wished to clarify that “Of the total amount due, family of Agniveer Ajay has already been paid Rs 98.39 lakhs.”
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All Comments (21)
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Scrap the scheme immediately. All Generals on the show will never speak against the government.
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I am proud to state my Uncle 2nd Lt GVP Rao 4 Grenadiers got the MVC in 1962 operations He was martyred at the age of 21.
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Agnipath/Agniveer Scheme is very poorly planned. Government is unnecessarily doing rigidity in imposing this Scheme and spoiling youth careers & life.
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What a lovely sensible debate without any heckling or bs rhat one is accustomed to. These are our real heroes. Salute to them. Thank you Barkha for getting them together ❤
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please talk about the future who have lost 4 years of most important stage of life and have nothing to do after 4 year👹
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Scrap Agniveer yojna. Bring back the old scheme. We cant cut cost on our forces. Instead reduce cost on government esp the luxurious life of Moiji and his ministers.
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Rajnath Singhji serves as DeffenceMinister unknowingly for many years ,let,s start regular and permanent Army soldier recruitment immediately plz.
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AGNIVEER IS LIKE 4 YEARS CONTRACT MARRIAGE FOR LADIES
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Those who have a stint in the army ..turn out to be better administrators, leaders...due to their army training that instill discipline, physical fitness, loyalty etc
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Agniveer & Regular army 🪖 are treated differently and that makes it discrimination. Both dying in the line of duty meet different treatments when the circumstances are identical, why? The discrimination is there in Civil services also if we have been performing the same duties a LC or UDC in Central govt. and his counterpart is the State gets paid differently, Why?
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Thanks for such a brilliant discussion. More thanks for not inviting politicians and spokespersons. Well done
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Mr non biological Visahwaguru mismanaged economy so badly that he doesnt have even money to pay pension to armed forces, hence poorly trained Agniveers
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The distinguished Armed Forces Soldiers are still so articulate in their thoughts and words even after retiring so many years ago. Good interview Bharkaji keep up the good work.
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MS. Barkha Dutt. How ignorant ! Do you mean to say until this day you did not know the difference between the two ? You claim to have been reporting on defence forces for decades . Very sad to note that even you are treading carefully lest you displease the masters who are running this nation today or rub them on their wrong sides. Sad , really sad. Even those supporting Agniveer are so so ignorant of the consequences of pushing immature young men to our borders. A soldier is a soldier all his life . He doesn't become a civilian within four years of working in the forces. Any illiterate villager will tell you that.
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Please scrap this scheme...no one offers a job with a rider that you will have to leave within 5 years.
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I just wanted to say that in US veterans have the maximum addiction, ptsd & depression. So not sure if their model should be followed
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Scrap Agniveer scheme fully.
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RAHUL GANDHI IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ON THE ISSUE OF AGNIVEER
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Wow. What a Discussion.
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Why shouldnt Regimental British raj caste based recurtment not done away with him no where in the world this kind of recruitment happens
