Agniveers training to serve in the Indian Armed Forces under the Agnipath Scheme praised the resolution of the state government to provide reservations in the recruitment of police and armed forces and said that the decision would provide a great opportunity to the youth.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised the Agnipath scheme during his address in Ladakh's Kargil on Friday on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas.
ajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma said that the government has decided to give reservations to Agniveers in the police department and as prison guards and forest guards once they complete their service in the Indian Army.
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Singh on Friday hit out at the opposition for creating confusion in the public regarding the Agneepath scheme and Agniveers.
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday announced that the state government would provide up to 10 per cent reservation in its uniform services for those Agniveers from the state who are not absorbed in the defence forces, according to a press release from the office of the Odisha
PM Modi paid tribute to bravehearts who made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty in the 1999 Kargil War. The Prime Minister laid a wreath at the Kargil War Memorial in Drass, Ladakh, on the occasion of the 25th Kargil Vijay Diwas.
Stepping up his attacks on the opposition, Union Minister and BJP President JP Nadda while addressing Kargil Vijay Rajat Samaroh on the occasion of 25th Kargil Vijay Diwas on Friday accused them of politicising the "Agniveer Scheme" and PM Narendra Modi's visit to Drass.
The event was organised to commemorate the 'Rajat Jayanti Vijay Diwas and to honour the soldiers of the Indian Armed Forces who laid down their lives during the Kargil War.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced on Friday that Agniveers, after serving the country, will be given weightage in recruitment for the UP Police and PAC force. He mentioned that the nation would benefit from having trained and disciplined young soldiers in the form of Agn
"Today, on the occasion of Kargil Vijay Diwas, the Madhya Pradesh government has decided according to the wishes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that Agniveer jawans will be given reservation in the recruitment of different types of police and armed forces in the state," CM Yadav said.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday slammed the Opposition for allegedly misleading the people on the matter of the Agniveer scheme.