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No one who wants to serve country would join Agniveer scheme: Akhilesh Yadav

LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday criticised the 'Agniveer Yojana', the new recruitment scheme for Indian armed forces, saying that no one who wants to serve the country would ever want to become "Agniveer."

Yadav was addressing an 'Ex-Servicemen Conference' at the Mainpuri Samajwadi Party office as part of the ongoing election campaign for his wife Dimple Yadav who is contesting in Mainpuri Lok Sabha by-election.

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