Dikhyaa Mohanty 
Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Youth and Sports Anurag Thakur said on Sunday that the game-changing initiative of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government guarantees 100% employment, criticizing Congress for “misleading” the nation’s youth by disseminating false propaganda on the Agnipath scheme.
“Every Congress leader is misleading the youth by lying about the scheme which guarantees 100 per cent employment,” Anurag Thakur said while campaigning in the Hamirpur constituency which goes to polls on June 1.
Declaring that the program offers young people in India the chance to serve their nation by enlisting in the military, Thakur said that everyone benefits from it because, upon leaving the program after four years, young people receive positions in public sector enterprises in addition to a service fund package.
“All BJP-ruled state governments have provided 10-20 per cent reservation in the state police for these young comrades. Reservations has also been made in the Central government’s paramilitary forces. Not only that, they have been given many concessions in selection. Congress should stop misleading the youth and should not play with their future,” the Union Minister said.
Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the Congress, asserted that the Agnipath plan was introduced against the wishes of the armed forces and that the party will scrap it right away should the INDIA alliance win an election.
“Rahul Gandhi will go to Italy or Bangkok but the Agniveers will continue to serve the country. It is PM Modi who named islands after 21 Param Vir Chakra awardees, cleared One Rank-One Pension scheme, gave the latest arms and ammunition to our forces, got Rafale fighters, built INS Vikrant and Brahmos missiles… What did the Congress do for 40 years except for encouraging corruption and getting kickbacks in defence deals?” the BJP leader questioned.
