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Bribery row: Vindictive army chief seeks to damage national interest out of personal pique
General Vijay Kumar Singh began to plan his revenge on February 10, the day the Supreme Court struck down his effort to prolong his tenure as Army chief through a change in the date of his birth. His rage was silent and invisible. He planned his offensive with military precision. He seemed indifferent to the fact that, in the process, sensitive national interests might get hurt.
His three-pronged offensive was well timed: the week beginning March 26. Parliament would be in session, but the spotlight would have shifted from the Budget and be available to his controversies. Delhi would also host the BRICS Summit that week; and a military-civilian confrontation would get sensational play before the heads of China and Russia, to the acute embarrassment of the Indian Government. This last was designed for maximum outrage.
The general's strategy included revival of an incident in 2011, a claim that he had received a bribe offer from a retired general. The second weapon was a top secret letter he had written to the Prime Minister warning of the perilous state of the Army's defence preparedness. The third missile was the revelation of a top secret force in the Northeast, formed for conflict with China, at a time when Chinese President Hu Jintao was a state guest in New Delhi.
On March 28, the army chief forwarded a complaint to CBI against Lt-Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag, commander of the Dimapur-based 3 Corps, based on a letter sent by a Trinamool Congress member of Parliament to Defence Minister A.K. Antony over a year ago. It related to procurement scams in a secret unit called the 'Special Frontier Force' (SFF) operating under Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), comprising Tibetan guerrillas. Officially, the Government denies the existence of this covert SFF. General V.K. Singh's anger was directed at those who would benefit from the fact that he would retire in May. He wanted to destroy his potential successors, and if in the process the Army and India got hurt, so be it. Lt-Gen Suhag is the second down the line of succession. He takes over as army chief from General V.K. Singh's successor, Lt-Gen Bikram Singh, in 2014. The army chief, who retires on May 31, claims that officers who follow him have been helped by vested interests.
Read more at: Bribery row: Vindictive army chief seeks to damage national interest out of personal pique : India News - India Today
General Vijay Kumar Singh began to plan his revenge on February 10, the day the Supreme Court struck down his effort to prolong his tenure as Army chief through a change in the date of his birth. His rage was silent and invisible. He planned his offensive with military precision. He seemed indifferent to the fact that, in the process, sensitive national interests might get hurt.
His three-pronged offensive was well timed: the week beginning March 26. Parliament would be in session, but the spotlight would have shifted from the Budget and be available to his controversies. Delhi would also host the BRICS Summit that week; and a military-civilian confrontation would get sensational play before the heads of China and Russia, to the acute embarrassment of the Indian Government. This last was designed for maximum outrage.
The general's strategy included revival of an incident in 2011, a claim that he had received a bribe offer from a retired general. The second weapon was a top secret letter he had written to the Prime Minister warning of the perilous state of the Army's defence preparedness. The third missile was the revelation of a top secret force in the Northeast, formed for conflict with China, at a time when Chinese President Hu Jintao was a state guest in New Delhi.
On March 28, the army chief forwarded a complaint to CBI against Lt-Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag, commander of the Dimapur-based 3 Corps, based on a letter sent by a Trinamool Congress member of Parliament to Defence Minister A.K. Antony over a year ago. It related to procurement scams in a secret unit called the 'Special Frontier Force' (SFF) operating under Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), comprising Tibetan guerrillas. Officially, the Government denies the existence of this covert SFF. General V.K. Singh's anger was directed at those who would benefit from the fact that he would retire in May. He wanted to destroy his potential successors, and if in the process the Army and India got hurt, so be it. Lt-Gen Suhag is the second down the line of succession. He takes over as army chief from General V.K. Singh's successor, Lt-Gen Bikram Singh, in 2014. The army chief, who retires on May 31, claims that officers who follow him have been helped by vested interests.
Read more at: Bribery row: Vindictive army chief seeks to damage national interest out of personal pique : India News - India Today
