After Agniveer, now questions on army deployment, Prithviraj Chavan stirs up new controversy – ..

News India Live, Digital Desk: In politics, it cannot be predicted when the words of the leaders will go wrong and when there will be chaos. This time the target is veteran Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Prithviraj ChavanHe has given such a statement regarding the Indian Army, on which a heated debate has erupted from Delhi to social media,

What is the matter after all?
Actually, Prithviraj Chavan was talking about the expenses of defense sector and army during a discussion. Meanwhile, he gave an advice which displeased many people. He said that India has 12 lakh soldiers India has a huge army, it should be deployed in “other productive work” instead of being deployed only on the borders.

His argument was that today is the era of technology and modern weapons. In such a situation, just increasing manpower (number of soldiers) will not work, rather we should focus on cyber and space warfare. He said that such a large workforce should also be used in other works related to the development of the country.

BJP took a dig
As soon as this statement came out, BJP took it in stride. BJP spokespersons say that this is an insult to the bravery of the army. He says that the country is safe only when the soldier is standing at the border and talking about using him for “other work” is like demoralizing the army. BJP alleged that Congress has always been raising questions on the size and expenditure of the army, which is not good for national security.

Agniveer and pension issue also linked
According to political experts, this statement of Chavan has come in the context of ‘Agneepath Yojana’ and the increasing pension bill of the Army. It is often debated whether India should spend more on technology by reducing its ‘standing army’? But the manner in which the word “other work” was used has given a political color to the matter.

Even on social media, people are divided into two groups. One group is calling it about economic reforms, while the other group is considering it as an insult to the soldiers. Now it remains to be seen what clarification the Congress high command gives on this, because whether it is election season or not, issues related to ‘Army’ always inflame emotions.