Rahul Gandhi should serve in army before closing on 'Agniveer': VK Singh

New Delhi; Leading News Service: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has announced that the Agniveer Yojana will be discontinued as soon as the Congress comes to power. Union Minister General V. K. Singh (Retd) has launched a strong attack. Singh has advised Rahul Gandhi today (28th) not to talk about the army without knowing anything about it.

Why did VK Singh criticize Rahul Gandhi?

• Rahul Gandhi's opposition to the Agniveer Yojana
• His criticism of the Modi government over the Agniveer Yojana
• The Modi government has turned the country's soldiers into labourers.
• As soon as Congress came to power, the Agniveer Yojana was announced to be discontinued

Rahul Gandhi had said that by implementing the Agniveer Yojana, the Modi government has turned the country's soldiers into labourers. Answering this, V.K. Singh said that I would advise Rahul Gandhi to work in the army first and then make a statement about the Agniveer Yojana. If they don't know anything about the army, they should not talk about the army.

Rahul Gandhi had accused the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government at the Center of turning Indian soldiers into labourers. After Congress came to power on June 4, it had promised to stop the Agniveer scheme. Addressing a public meeting in Haryana's Mahendragarh, he said that the youth of Haryana and other states protect India's borders.

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