Former Haryana chief minister and Leader of Opposition (LoP), Bhupinder Singh Hooda, on Thursday, said the proposed two-year extension of service for Agniveers was inadequate and demanded that they be regularised without any conditions.
Talking to reporters at his residence, Hooda said the Congress had opposed the Agnipath scheme from the beginning, arguing that it was neither in the interest of the country nor the army. “Several former Army officers had also raised objections to the scheme,” he said. “Every person joining the army should get a full service tenure, permanent employment, regular salary, allowances, facilities and pension,” Hooda said.
On the issue of guest teachers, the Congress leader demanded their immediate regularisation, alleging that the BJP government was going back on its promises to the teaching community.
Hooda said the policy framed by the previous Congress government for regularising contractual employees had been upheld by the Punjab and Haryana high court and the Supreme Court.
