Congress MP Manish Tewari refuses to sign opposition letter for Agneepath scheme

The Congress party faced a major embarrassment on Monday over a protest letter on the central government’s Agneepath scheme for recruitment in the armed forces when party MP and former Union minister Manish Tewari refused to sign the letter. Ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday made a presentation to the members of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee on Defense about the ‘Agneepath Scheme’ brought for military recruitment, during which some opposition MPs called for immediate withdrawal of the scheme. demanded. It is worth mentioning that Manish Tewari, while praising the Agneepath scheme, has already told it as a step taken keeping the future in mind. In an exclusive conversation with NDTV, Manish Tewari described the new Agnipath scheme for the central government army as a step in the right direction in view of the drastic change in the nature of modern warfare. He had said, “In today’s time and age you need a mobile army, a young army. You need to spend more on technology and weapons. This will not happen unless you have a large footprint at the ground level. That’s where most of your money is spent.”

According to sources, six members have signed this memorandum. In which Professor Saugata Roy, Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Supriya Sule, Shaktisinh Gohil, AD Singh, Rajni Patil are included. Congress MP Manish Tewari has not signed the memorandum of opposition.

Six members have signed the memorandum- Professor Saugata Roy, Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Supriya Sule, Shaktisinh Gohil, AD Singh, Rajni Patil. Congress MP Manish Tewari did not sign the memorandum of the opposition: Sources

— ANI (@ANI) July 11, 2022

According to sources, unhappy with the government’s response to the concerns raised over the Agneepath scheme, opposition parties have submitted a memorandum to Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, demanding withdrawal of the plan.

Unhappy with the response of the government towards the raised concern on the Agnipath scheme, opposition parties submitted a memorandum to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh demanding withdrawal of the scheme: Sources

— ANI (@ANI) July 11, 2022

Manish Tewari  last month said, “The change in the nature of warfare in the last decade is very significant and fundamental. If you look at the armed forces three decades back, now they are always ready. more mobile) is an expeditionary force which is heavily dependent on technology and modern weapons and most of the people in it are of young age. In such a situation such improvement is desperately needed.” He said, “Whether you like it or not, due to the One Rank-One Pension scheme, the increasing pension ‘burden’ I think may have outstripped the government’s calculations.”