Updated On: 07 February, 2023 05:03 PM IST | New Delhi | ANI
Retired officers said that if people are being given arms training and then asked to go back to society, it will lead to violence. They (retired officers) have in their mind that Agniveer scheme didn`t come from the Army and that NSA Ajit Doval coerced the scheme on Army

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged that the Agniveer scheme didn`t come from the Army but was "coerced" by National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, Home Ministry and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
"People talked about the Agniveer scheme but the youth of India pointed out them being asked to leave after four years. The retired senior officers said that Agniveer Yojana came from RSS and Home ministry, and not from the Army," he said in the Lok Sabha.