2024-07-27 04:06:54
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today paid tribute to the brave soldiers of Drass on Kargil Vijay Diwas. Modi also responded openly today on the constant opposition being faced on the Agniveer scheme. Taking a dig at the previous governments, Modi said that the aim of Agnipath is to make the army young, to keep it constantly fit for war. Unfortunately, such a sensitive issue related to national security has been made a matter of politics. Some people are doing politics even on this army reform for their personal benefit. Modi said in strong words that for me the country is supreme. These are the same people who have weakened our army by committing scams of thousands of crores in the army.Modi’s reply to the opposition on the Agneepath scheme
PM Modi said on the Agneepath scheme that the aim of Agneepath is to make the army young and keep it constantly fit for war. Unfortunately, such a sensitive issue related to national security has been made a matter of politics, some people are doing politics even on this army reform for their personal benefit. These are the same people who weakened our forces by committing scams worth thousands of crores in the forces, these are the same people who wanted the Air Force to never get modern fighter jets, these are the same people who tried to put the fast fighter plane in the box.
What argument is the opposition giving?
The PM further said that the truth is that the strength of the country will increase with the Agneepath Yojana, the capable youth of the country will also come forward to serve the motherland. The private sector has also come forward to give priority to the Agniveers, what has happened to the thinking of some people, they are spreading the illusion that the government has come up with this scheme to save pension money. I get a little confused by the thinking of such people, someone please tell me, should the people who will be recruited today in Modi’s regime be given pension today itself, will they get pension after 30 years, Modi will be 105 years old at that time, Modi will be abused for that today. What argument are you giving.
For me, the country is supreme: Modi
Modi told Kargil that 25% of research development in defence has been reserved for the private sector. India’s defence production has now crossed Rs 1.25 lakh crore. India was once known for importing weapons. Our forces have made a list of more than 5 thousand weapons and military equipment and have decided that these 5 thousand items will no longer be imported. I congratulate the army leadership for this. I also want to praise India’s armed forces for reforms in the defence sector. Our forces have taken many bold decisions in the past years.
The reason for this bold decision by the army is also the Agneepath scheme. The average age of Indian soldiers being more than the global average has been a cause of concern for all of us. Therefore, this issue has been raised in many committees for years, but the will to solve this challenge related to the country’s security has not been shown before. Perhaps the mentality of some people was such that army means saluting the leaders and doing parades, for us army means the faith of 140 crore people, it is the guarantee of peace of 140 crore countrymen, army means the guarantee of security to the country’s borders. Modi further said that for me the country is supreme.