Why did Ghulam Nabi Azad, who had served in the governments of stalwarts like Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, PV Narasimha Rao, and Manmohan Singh, have to break his 50 years old relationship with Congress? If we look at Azad's resignation, Rahul Gandhi appears to be the biggest reason for his resignation. In his resignation, Azad termed Rahul as childish, and immature and even said that the entire Congress is being run by remote control and Rahul's PA and security personnel are taking decisions for the party, which is causing loss to the party. However, Congress also took note of this and started the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
In the journey of 3,570 km, Congress not only visited different states but also tried hard to wash away the image of Rahul Gandhi as an 'immature politician' and the public saw him as a patient, serious, and 'ascetic' leader. But the happenings that were seen in the Parliament on Tuesday (February 7) destroyed the 150 days hard work of Congress and Rahul Gandhi within hours.
Rahul Gandhi and Agnipath:-
By the way, the Congress party has been opposing the Agnipath Yojna (Agniveer) launched for army recruitment since the beginning. When the scheme was launched, at that time youths were instigated and taken to the roads, and property worth crores of the country were destroyed. But time passed, and the youth understood the plan, bumper applications came in all three armies to serve the country by becoming 'Agniveer' and now even the first batch is ready. Otherwise, the movement to cancel Agnipath would have been going on even today. But, Congress is still not happy with the plan. The Congress protested even when nuclear tests were done in Atalji's government. Although everyone has the right to protest in a democracy, but the way Rahul Gandhi raised questions on Agnipath in Parliament yesterday, the same message was sent to the country that Rahul has still not learned to speak with facts, he needs to work harder.
Agniveer Yojna is the idea of RSS:-
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said that he was told by army officers and ex-servicemen during his Bharat Jodo Yatra that Agniveer Yojna is not an army scheme. It has been imposed on the army. It was imposed on the army by National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and it is the idea of RSS. Rahul said, 'Retired army officers are saying that the Agniveer scheme is not an army scheme, it has come from the RSS. It has come from the Ministry of Home Affairs and it has been imposed on the army.' However, Rahul Gandhi's hatred of RSS is not new, just like Pakistan hates RSS, Sangh has been stinging in the eyes of some fundamentalist organizations and the Tukde Tukde gang in India, similarly, Rahul is also unhappy with the Sangh and has been making baseless allegations.
Press Conference of Army Chiefs on Agnipath:-
When the youth were being instigated against the Agnipath scheme. At that time, the chiefs of the Indian Armed Forces themselves answered every question while holding a press conference. Lieutenant General Anil Puri, Additional Secretary, Department of Military Affairs, Ministry of Defense had told that 'this reform was pending for a long time. This work started in the year 1989.' This means that what Rahul Gandhi is telling the plan of RSS and saying that NSA Ajit Doval imposed it on the army, the army itself was working on that plan since 1989. When Rahul's father Rajiv Gandhi's government used to be at the center.
General Anil Puri also told why this plan was needed. And when he was answering all these questions, Air Force Chief Air Marshal Suraj Kumar Jha, Vice Admiral DK Tripathi of the Navy, and Lieutenant General CB Ponnappa from the Indian Army were also present to answer the questions related to the Agniveer.
General Puri had told that this entire work was done under a process. According to General Puri, 'We wanted that the age of the commanding officer should be less, the teeth-to-tail ratio should be less. For which work was started one by one, first the age of the commanding officer was reduced, which is our teeth-to-tail ratio. After that, taking the same thing forward, our next reform was that somehow the average age of our army which is 32 years today brings it down to 26 years.
He had told that by the year 2030, 50% of the population of our country will be below 25 years and it was found that if this was done, it would be an ideal combination of youthful enthusiasm and experience in the army.
As Rahul Gandhi is alleging that suddenly this scheme was imposed on the army, General Puri has already given an answer. He told that to bring up this plan, a total of 150 meetings of 500 hours were held in all three parts of the army i.e. Army, Air Force, and Navy. Apart from this, a total of 60 meetings of 150 hours were held in the Ministry of Defence. At the government level, 44 separate meetings of total 100 hours were held regarding this scheme. He had also told that the Agniveer model has been prepared only after analyzing the armies of countries like America, Britain, Russia, China, and Israel.
Rahul also said in Parliament that after four years the youth will be thrown out of the army. On this question, Lt Gen Puri had said, 'Every year around 17,600 people are taking premature retirement (VRS) from all the three services. Has anyone ever asked what they would do after retirement?
As far as the Agniveers are concerned, 25 percent of Agniveers will be promoted in the army only. For the rest, the Ministry of Defense has asked all the states to give priority to Agniveers in police recruitment, four states have already given assurances and the remaining states will do the same in due course of time. At the same time, 16 PSUs of the Ministry of Defense have so far announced to give 10% reservation to Agniveers in their jobs. The Ministry of Home Affairs has also decided to have a 10% reservation in jobs in the Central Paramilitary Forces and Assam Rifles. Along with this, the Coast Guard has also announced to give preference to Agniveers in recruitment. Now that the Agnipath scheme has been launched with so much planning, Rahul is only insulting the army by calling it a scheme imposed by the RSS and Ajit Doval and obliterating his own image built in 150 days.
Rahul Gandhi's double attitude on Adani:-
Rahul Gandhi has been cursing Adani-Ambani ever since Modi became the Prime Minister. Perhaps there may be a plan of Rahul or the Congress party to attract the lower class and middle class by calling the capitalists flawed. Actually, there was an uproar in the Indian market after a report by the American firm Hindenburg came out, this is because we still trust foreigners more than the people of our country. There were discussions that Adani would not run away with the country's money. On this, RBI sought information from the banks and got the answer that the loan given to Adani is much less than the loan sanctioned to him. That is, if the Adani group wanted, the bank was happily ready to give more loans to him. Axis Bank says that the loan given by the bank to Adani Group is only 0.94 percent of the total loan and we are comfortable with it because we do not give security, loans are given on the basis of liability and ability to repay the loan. At the same time, SBI had told that it gave a loan of Rs 27,000 crore. PNB has given a loan of Rs 7000 crore and Bank of Baroda has given a total loan of Rs 7,000 crore. All these banks have told the RBI that they are not concerned about their exposure, as the exposure to Adani is well below the RBI's Large Exposures Framework. Banks have denied any concern about their loans. Following the banks' response, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said that banks give loans to a company only after considering the company's fundamentals and cash flow position for the related projects. At the same time, Deputy Governor MK Jain said that the loan given by domestic banks to the Adani group is not very high. The loan given against shares is very less. That is, the Indian Bank and the Reserve Bank are confident in this matter. Now coming to Rahul Gandhi.
Why is Congress leader Ashok Gehlot supporting Adani?
In Parliament, Rahul Gandhi has directly accused the Prime Minister that he got Adani contracts abroad. On this, the BJP sought evidence from him and said that the person who is out on bail in connection with the financial scam involving himself, his mother (Sonia Gandhi), and brother-in-law (Robert Vadra), should not make such baseless allegations. The BJP asked Rahul to show proof of his allegations. On which Rahul said that he will give. Now see the double attitude of Rahul Gandhi, on one hand, he is alleging that Modi got the country looted from Adani, On the other hand, Congress is giving contracts to the same Adani in its state. Last year itself, the Gandhi family's confidant and Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot heaped praises on Adani. At that time Adani Group had announced to invest 65 thousand crores in Rajasthan. The Congress government accepted this proposal with a smile and also allotted land to Adani in its state. Now if Rahul Gandhi's allegations are considered correct and Adani is a plunderer, then why is Congress itself supporting him? And as far as the Prime Minister is concerned, Rahul Gandhi had earlier also made childish and low-level allegations like 'Chowkidar Chor Hai' on him, after which Rahul Gandhi had to apologize with folded hands in the court. It seemed that after coming in the 'ascetic' guise, Rahul must have become a bit serious, but perhaps from inside he is still the same as Ghulam Nabi Azad had said.
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