Would have, should have, might have, bilah bilah bilah.
The fact of the matter is this ex is doing Modi's bidding for him for two reasons.
1- The military point of view in India always had been that the politicians had always been very slow to act on military's procurement requirements, which impacts their fighting capabilities.
2- To save the Indian Army's ultra ego. To fool their public that they are still "super power". The only reason they couldn't respond to Pakistan's daylight bravery is that they didn't have the hardware to do so, otherwise they would have wiped PAF.
Only chest thumping Hindu zealots can subscribe to such point of view. Unfortunately most of Indian voters are buying this narrative, giving the impression BJP may be back in power.