'Akhilesh Ji, Don't Give Gyan': Lok Sabha Witnesses Heated Spar Between Samajwadi Chief And BJP Leader Anurag Thakur

Lok Sabha today (30 July) witnessed a heated exchange between Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav and BJP MP Anurag Thakur over the Agnipath scheme launched by the union government.

The former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister stated, "No youngster preparing to join the forces can accept it. When this scheme was introduced, prominent industrialists were asked to tweet that there is no better job and they would rehire them (Agniveers) after their four-year stint."

"But the government knows it is not a good scheme, which is why it is asking BJP-led state governments to provide job quotas for Agniveers," he added.

When BJP MP and former Union minister Anurag Thakur opposed his remarks, Yadav challenged him to declare that Agnipath is a good scheme and then sat down.

Thakur stated afterwards, "I come from Himachal Pradesh, which gave the country its first Param Vir Chakra awardee, the late Major Somnath Sharma. Most martyrs in Kargil were from Himachal. It is the Narendra Modi government that fulfilled the long-pending demand for One Rank One Pension. I am saying this, Agniveer has a 100 per cent employment guarantee."

Yadav retorted, "Then what is the need for state governments to provide quotas for Agniveers? I went to a military school; we can also count Param Vir Chakras."

Thakur stood up again and said, "He has just gone to a military school, I am serving as a Territorial Army captain. Akhilesh ji, don't give gyan."

Yadav then took a swipe at Thakur not getting a ministerial position this time. 

"Maybe he is agitated because he is no longer a minister. I read pain on your face," he said.

Before concluding his address, Yadav took a final shot at the Narendra Modi government, "This government is not one that would run, it is a government that will topple."