One Who Wants To Serve Country Will Never Become Agniveer: Akhilesh Yadav
NDTV
The government is saying it is saving budget through these schemes, but when the country itself will not survive, how can the budget survive, said Akhilesh Yadav.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday criticised the Agnipath military recruitment scheme and claimed that someone who wants to serve the country will "never want to become Agniveer". He claimed no one got a job after the recruitment rally in Uttar Pradesh's Farrukhabad.
Mr Yadav was addressing the Ex-Servicemen Conference in Mainpuri, where his wife Dimple Yadav is a candidate for the December 5 by-election.
"One who wants to serve the country will never want to become Agniveer. Recruitments were done in Farrukhabad, but no one got a job. The government is saying that it is saving the budget through these schemes, but when the country itself will not survive, how can the budget survive," he said.
Seeking the support of the ex-servicemen, the Samajwadi Party chief said, "Our party workers are working, our leaders are working hard. If you support us, there will be no worries for us.
