After saying that he would hire Agniveer for security outside the BJP office, BJP’s National General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya said that his comments were distorted by Twitter’s ‘toolkit gang’.
His comments, made yesterday, drew harsh criticism from his own party’s leader Varun Gandhi who said that joining the army is not an ordinary job but ” a service to the Mother Bharati”.
“The great army, whose heroic tales even the whole dictionary is insufficient to tell, whose valor resonates in the whole world; an invitation to that Indian soldier to do ‘Chowkidari’ of a political office, congratulations to the person who gave it,” He added.
जिस महान सेना की वीर गाथाएँ कह सकने में समूचा शब्दकोश असमर्थ हो, जिनके पराक्रम का डंका समस्त विश्व में गुंजायमान हो, उस भारतीय सैनिक को किसी राजनीतिक दफ़्तर की ‘चौकीदारी’ करने का न्यौता, उसे देने वाले को ही मुबारक।
भारतीय सेना माँ भारती की सेवा का माध्यम है, महज एक ‘नौकरी’ नहीं। pic.twitter.com/Ehq0rwx0zV
— Varun Gandhi (@varungandhi80) June 19, 2022
Mr. Kailash was addressing a press conference ahead of the local body polls in Madhya Pradesh, where he praised the scheme, adding that it would give a lot of benefits to those who are not retained under the scheme provisions.
“Discipline and obeying orders are key in the armed forces… Assuming that he (Agniveer) joins the armed forces at the age of 21, he will still be 25 by the time he leaves the force. He will have Rs 11 lakh cash in his hand. He will also be displaying the Agniveer medal on his chest.” He added, “If I have to hire someone for the security for the BJP office here, I will give a preference to an Agniveer.”
#WATCH | I will give preference to an Agniveer to hire him as security in BJP office, even you can…People have faith in armymen: BJP National General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya in Indore, Madhya Pradesh pic.twitter.com/6NQoXw2nFv
— ANI (@ANI) June 19, 2022
Vijayvargiya said that the ‘toolkit gang’ was trying to distort his statement and insult workers of the country. “What I clearly meant was: Agniveer who came out of the Agnipath Yojana will definitely be trained and committed to duty … The nation is well aware of the conspiracies of this toolkit gang against the national heroes,” he added.
ये सरकार युवाओं के भविष्य और सेना के सामर्थ्य के साथ खेल कर कुछ हज़ार करोड़ रुपये बचा लेगी पर उस से फौज का या गरीब किसान का फायदा तो कभी नहीं करेगी, फायदा उन्ही दो crony businessmen का होगा
2/n— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) June 20, 2022
Meanwhile, the Congress lost no time in slamming the BJP. Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said in a tweet, “The youth have a zeal to join the army to protect the country and not for protecting BJP offices by becoming chowkidar.”
जिन्होंने आज़ादी के 52 सालों तक तिरंगा नहीं फहराया, उनसे जवानों के सम्मान की उम्मीद नहीं की जा सकती।
युवा, सेना में भर्ती होने का जज़्बा, चौकीदार बन कर भाजपा कार्यालयों की रक्षा करने के लिए नहीं, देश की रक्षा के लिए रखते हैं।
प्रधानमंत्री की चुप्पी इस बेइज़्ज़ती पर मोहर है।
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) June 19, 2022
The government had last Tuesday announced the Agnipath scheme and those recruited under it will be called ‘Agniveer’. The scheme announced has faced flak from several opposition leaders and has been met by widespread protests across the country.
References: Indian Express, Firstpost
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