Demanding rollback of the Agnipath scheme, Telangana Congress held a day-long deeksha at Gandhi Bhavan on Sunday.
The deeksha was addressed by Sangareddy legislator T. Jayaprakash Reddy, Manthani MLA D. Sreedhar Babu, senior leaders J. Geetha Reddy, Mahesh Kumar Goud, V. Hanumantha Rao, G. Chinna Reddy, and Mallu Ravi, among others. They termed the new scheme as the first step to outsource the Army.
Mr. Sreedhar Babu explained the dangers of part-time recruitment in Defence Forces and said that this would destroy professionalism and kill the commitment levels of youngsters. “Is it fair to ask soldiers to leave their job just after four years?” he asked. “It is time to save the Army from the Modi government,” he said.
