Jaipur : Before the monsoon session of Parliament, the NDA government called an all-party meeting on Sunday. Leaders of various political parties including Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President J P Nadda, Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi and Union Minister and LJP (Ram Vilas) leader Chirag Paswan attended this meeting. National Democratic Party President and Nagaur MP Hanuman Beniwal participated in the all-party meeting held before the Lok Sabha session on Sunday and raised many issues.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju was also present in the meeting. Congress’ K Suresh, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen’s (AIMIM) Asaduddin Owaisi, Rashtriya Janata Dal’s (RJD) Abhay Kushwaha, Janata Dal (United)’s Sanjay Jha, Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Sanjay Singh, Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Ramgopal Yadav and Nationalist Congress Party’s (NCP) Praful Patel were also present in this traditional meeting.
During this, Rajasthan’s firebrand leader Hanuman Beniwal said that just like the government had to retreat after the farmers’ movement, on the same lines, now the government will have to retreat in the matter of recruitment of Agniveers in the army. Because the youth of the country is agitating against this scheme. Therefore, this scheme should be stopped and regular army recruitment should be started as before. Beniwal further said that small parties should get more opportunities to speak. He also raised the issue of irregularities in the NEET UG exam. He demanded a special discussion in the House on rising unemployment, inflation and drug addiction.