New Delhi: In a huge setback for the Centre, the Opposition MPs on Monday demanded a rethink on the new military recruitment plan Agnipath and its withdrawal. This came right after Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and the three company chiefs briefed a parliamentary panel on ‘Agnipath’, but 6 opposition customers opposed it and demanded its scrutiny.

At the practically two-hour assembly where by the associates of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee on Defence had been provided a presentation, Singh sought to allay their fears, together with all those related to the achievable impression on the operational readiness of the forces.

The a few chiefs of the armed forces also briefed the users of parliament about the scheme, which experienced sparked violent protests for days and was criticised by numerous opposition events.

Opposition customers, together with people from the Congress, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the RJD raised objections to the new recruitment scheme and reported it should be rolled back again. Sources stated they gave a hand-composed observe to the Defence Minister urging the governing administration to rethink the scheme.




Unhappy with the response of the govt towards the lifted worry on the Agnipath scheme, opposition events submitted a memorandum to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh demanding withdrawal of the plan: Sources
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The MPs who signed it included Shaktisinh Gohil, Rajani Patil (equally Congress), Supriya Sule (NCP), Saugata Roy and Sudip Bandyopadhyay (the two TMC) and A D Singh (RJD). Nonetheless, Congress leader Manish Tewari, who has been publicly lauding the plan and having a stand contrary to his party’s on the difficulty, was not amongst the signatories. Congress has claimed that Tewari’s views on the Agnipath plan are his particular and do not reflect the party’s opinion.




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 signal the memorandum of the opposition: Resources
— ANI (@ANI) July 11, 2022


The Committee has 20 MPs as customers – 13 from Lok Sabha and 7 from Rajya Sabha. At minimum 12 MPs were existing during the Monday conference. Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury were being amid those who did not show up at it.

The government has projected the Agnipath plan as a mega reform initiative that will help carry down the age profile of the armed forces. After the meeting, Singh reported that it was a superior interaction.

The sources said Tewari also asked at the meeting regardless of whether the scheme in any way impacts the pension invoice. He also asked if it decreases the operational readiness at the chopping-edge level, the sources stated, including that the Army chief responded to this by indicating the operational readiness will not be compromised at any degree.
The sources stated Congress MP Shaktisinh Gohil cited the criticism of the plan by authorities and embellished soldiers and reported it really should be withdrawn as it would affect the morale of the forces and produce confusion.

He explained the plan should really to start with be released as a pilot project and those people skilled really should be recruited into the armed forces. It should only be introduced immediately after working out many modalities and wider consultations with all stakeholders, Gohil extra.

The Congress chief was supported by NCP MP Supriya Sule and TMC MP Saugata Roy. The presentation was aimed at addressing the problems of the opposition leaders forward of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, starting July 18.

After briefing the MPs in the committee, the Defence Minister, the three services chiefs and the defence secretary answered a number of queries elevated by them. Following the unveiling of the scheme on June 14, violent protests versus it ended up described in many states for virtually a week and various opposition functions demanded its rollback.
The Indian Air Power lately explained it has gained close to 7.5 lakh programs under the plan. The registration approach began on June 24.

