New Delhi: BJP has strongly retaliated against Rahul Gandhi’s claim that Agniveer Scheme is devised to insult the heroes of Bharat.
“Agniveer is a plan to insult the heroes of India,” Rahul Gandhi had posted on X. He shared a picture of Agniveer Gavate Akshay Laxman and said the news of his death in Siachen was saddening. He said that no pension or other benefits are given to the families of Agniveers after their martyrdom.
BJP denied this allegation. BJP’s IT cell head Amit Malviya termed the allegation “absolute trash and irresponsible.”
Amit Malviya said, “Agniveer Gawate Akshay Laxman has laid down his life in the course of service and therefore is entitled to honorarium as a Battle Casualty. Accordingly, Laxman’s next of kin will receive the Rs 48 lakh non contributory insurance, ex-gratia of Rs 44 lakh, Seva Nidhi contributed by the Agniveer (30%), with an equal matching contribution by the Government, and interest thereon,” Malviya said on X.
He claimed that the next of kin will also receive pay for the balance tenure from the date of death, till completion of four years (more than Rs 13 lakh), as per balance residual tenure and contribution of Rs 8 lakh from Armed Forces Battle Casualty Fund.
“So, stop peddling FakeNews. You are aspiring to be Prime Minister. Try and behave like one,” Malviya said in his post.
Agniveer Gawate Akshay Laxman who hailed from Maharashtra, died in the line of duty in Siachen as per the Army’s Leh-headquartered Fire and Fury Corps reports on October 22, Sunday. The Siachen glacier at a height of around 20,000 feet in the Karakoram range is known as the highest militarised zone in the world where soldiers have to battle frostbite and high winds. It is learnt that Laxman died in the early hours of Saturday.
Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande and all ranks of the force condoled the death of Agniveer Gawate Akshay Laxman.
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