CHANDIGARH: Meghalaya governor Satyapal Malik, who was vocal on the farmers' issue, has come out openly against the Centre's much touted 'Agnipath' scheme, which provides short-term employment in the armed forces. Malik, who visited a few villages of Panipat district in Haryana on Sunday to attend a felicitation ceremony organised in his honour by a farmers' union for supporting their cause during the agitation against the Centre's three agri-marketing laws, said he is against this scheme.
Appealing to the youth to prepare to fight against 'Agnipath', he said, "I want to say something to the youngsters. I felt pity when I found them running on the pavement of canals to get recruited into the armed forces. What kind of recruitment are they getting after such a struggle? If they want a good recruitment process into the armed forces, they have to fight. I will also fight with them. If they will fight on this issue (Agnipath scheme), it will be true 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan'."
