Monitoring Desk: “The BJP’s Prime Minister Modi is converting the Indian Army into a force of mercenaries because the Agnipath scheme has an objectionable and unprofessional recruiting process and is recruiting puritan Hindus in its cadre of Agniveers”.
This was observed in an article “Agniveers or mercenaries?” published by Express Tribune on Wednesday.
The article added that underage Brahman, representing the Hindu Trimurti, are hired on a caste-base system and are assigned security duties in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir! This Agniveer, recruited in the Indian Army for a four-year term under the Agnipath scheme, can continue for another 15 years if he kills the maximum Aatankvadis (terrorists) in the held valley. Wouldn’t he perceive every person walking in the streets as an Aatankvadi? This is what the scene in the occupied region currently is!
About a quarter of these Agniveers, hired for a short four-year term, have the likelihood of being retained for an additional 15 years. The recruitment age of Agniveers is 17.5 to 21 years, while the official adult age under Indian law is 18 years. Agniveers receive a financial package, including a lump sum payment. They are entitled to a significant severance package at the end of their service, but no pension.
According to available information, thousands of Agniveers have been posted in Occupied Kashmir, and almost 80 per cent of them are Brahmin Hindus. Agnipath scheme is the brainchild of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who, in 2018, ordered the launch of military training in RSS schools. The first RSS Army School was established in 2019 to train children to become officers in the armed forces. Vidya Bharti, the education wing of the RSS, was assigned to provide military training in all schools, totaling 12,000 and catering to nearly 32 million students across India. It is claimed by many retired Indian Army officers that the priority in the recruitment of Agniveers goes to such RSS school certificate holders who complete matriculation from Vidya Bharti schools.
The retired Indian Army officials call ‘Agniveers’ the ‘mercenaries of RSS’ and they have reasons to fear that this “Modi-fication of Indian Army’ will be disastrous. In fact, it has already started showing results, as Indian soldiers are butchering Kashmiris with their service knives after killing them by tagging them ‘Aatankvadi’.
