As a political firestorm rages over the controversial Agnipath recruitment model that cuts tenure and offers fewer service benefits, India’s first Agniveers have completed a rigourous eight-month training course and passed out from the navy’s elite diving school INS Venduruthy in Kochi as qualified clearance divers, officials aware of the matter said on Tuesday.
Shortly after Rahul Gandhi attacked the government over the Union Budget, the union minister said the Opposition was trying to create and spread misconceptions.
PM Modi hailed soldiers' valor in Kargil war, defended Agnipath scheme, slammed Pakistan, and criticised opposition during Kargil Vijay Diwas celebrations.
Ahead of the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha last month, the Congress demanded the scrapping of the Agnipath scheme, questioning the rationale behind it