All ex-Agniveers to get jobs: Shah slams Cong for spreading lies

Bijendra Ahlawat and Deepender Deswal

Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday attacked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over the Agnipath recruitment scheme, saying he is playing politics over the issue.

Shah also alleged Leader of Opposition Rahul and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah wanted to release all terrorists after the J&K elections and hold talks with Pakistan.

The Home Minister was addressing his first rally for the October 5 Haryana elections in the Loharu Assembly segment of Bhiwani district.

Accusing the Congress of launching a misinformation campaign, the Home Minister said that none of the Agniveers would remain jobless after completing service in the armed forces. “The BJP will ensure that all Agniveers after their stint in the forces will get jobs,” he said while accusing former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda of spreading lies. Shah lashed out at the Congress for not implementing the “one rank, one pension” scheme and said it was PM Narendra Modi who implemented it.

Alleging that Rahul had talked about abolishing reservation during his recent US visit, Shah said the BJP would not allow anyone to tamper with the reservation system. “As long as the BJP is in power, no one can touch the reservation for SCs and STs,” he said.

Claiming that Congress leaders were fighting amongst themselves for the CM’s post, he said the BJP wasn’t facing any major competition from the grand old party.

Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, party’s Haryana in-charge Biplab Kumar Deb, MP Kiran Choudhry and other senior leaders were also present at the rally.

Later, addressing a rally in Faridabad, Shah alleged that the Congress was making baseless claims about its achievements during the past 10 years, and the BJP cadre would expose the lies of the rival party.

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