Congress has raised the issue of 1.5 lakh youths who were selected in the military before the introduction of the Agnipath scheme being allowed to join immediately and the country apprised about the "more than Rs 100 crore collected in the name of recruitment fees".Chaudhry said 7,000 youth kept waiting for their joining letters for the Air Force, but did not get. Similarly, 2,500 nursing assistants in the Army were not given the opportunity to serve the country, he said.
In his post along with the video, Gandhi said that under the guise of the Agniveer Yojana, "by cancelling the permanent recruitment of the Army which was to run till 2019-21, the government ruined the dedication and dreams of countless hardworking and promising youth".