"It’s an emotional issue…The Army should not be involved (dragged) in such kind of politics," he said.

Requesting President Droupadi Murmu’s “intervention,” in the matter of granting special privileges to Agniveer, Rahul Gandhi said as President she could not generally interfere in matters of policy, but an exception had to be made to address the “discrimination against our Agniveer who bravely risk their lives to serve.”