NEW DELHI: In a fast rebuttal of the opposition's charge that recruitment under the Agnipath scheme required a caste certificate to be submitted by applicants, the Narendra Modi government said it was fake, with defence minister Rajnath Singh rejecting the charge in no time.
On Tuesday morning, Aam Aadmi Party's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh tweeted an image of an appointment letter downloaded from a website ‘joinindianarmy.nic.in’. The letter laid down certain criteria, including those of caste and religion, for selection. The letter said, “Caste certificate affixed with photograph issued by tehsildar/district magistrate. Religion certificate to be issued by the tehsildar/SDM (if religion as 'Sikh/Hindu/Muslim/Christian' is not mentioned in caste certificate').”
