Finally the curtain drops on the age row of the C O A S (Chief Of Army Staff).He is presently on tour of UK. The SC, The Government through the their Council , the Defence Minister all have praised the COAS and expressed complete confidence and faith in him . Things seem to have been sorted out , the dust has settled and one of the most regrettable event in the history of Indian Defence Forces and G O I has come to pass.
However till the day of hearing , almost every one of the Defence Forces (all three wings included) serving and retired , were very keenly following the case . They were fully behind the Chief ,. In fact very large numbers must have prayed for the SC verdict to be in favour of the Chief . Countless people , including yours truly expressed their views on whatever medium they had access to .By evening COAS had withdrawn his petition.Everyone of us who had backed the COAS felt a strong sense of being let down.
Next day reading the details in news papers large number of us came to know , for the very first time , that The COAS , over a period of time , more than once , informed the Govt his acceptance of the DOB of 1950.That being the fact , only a fool would have expected the SC to uphold his claim of DOB of 1951 . The COAS is definitely no fool . So the question is why did all these unfortunate and regrettable events take place . Or are there many more facts of which we are totally ignorant and is the answer to be found in the dark corridors of power ?
SC , Government Council and the DM have all praised the distinguished service rendered by this gallant soldier . All of them said they have no doubt about the honesty & integrity of the COAS . Well , if one takes their word at face value , COAS may have been successful in defending his honesty & integrity but he has lost "credibility" with a very large number of defence personnel and mature thinking civilians.
By this case the COAS has not only lost his credibility but he has done a very grave disservice to the defence forces where he had served with such distinction . With this case , The Babus who have always been looking to marginalise the Services will now run amock like a bull in a china shop . This one case has done immense and irreparable harm to the cause of the Services from which they may never recover to take their deserved place in decision making hierarchy.
However till the day of hearing , almost every one of the Defence Forces (all three wings included) serving and retired , were very keenly following the case . They were fully behind the Chief ,. In fact very large numbers must have prayed for the SC verdict to be in favour of the Chief . Countless people , including yours truly expressed their views on whatever medium they had access to .By evening COAS had withdrawn his petition.Everyone of us who had backed the COAS felt a strong sense of being let down.
Next day reading the details in news papers large number of us came to know , for the very first time , that The COAS , over a period of time , more than once , informed the Govt his acceptance of the DOB of 1950.That being the fact , only a fool would have expected the SC to uphold his claim of DOB of 1951 . The COAS is definitely no fool . So the question is why did all these unfortunate and regrettable events take place . Or are there many more facts of which we are totally ignorant and is the answer to be found in the dark corridors of power ?
SC , Government Council and the DM have all praised the distinguished service rendered by this gallant soldier . All of them said they have no doubt about the honesty & integrity of the COAS . Well , if one takes their word at face value , COAS may have been successful in defending his honesty & integrity but he has lost "credibility" with a very large number of defence personnel and mature thinking civilians.
By this case the COAS has not only lost his credibility but he has done a very grave disservice to the defence forces where he had served with such distinction . With this case , The Babus who have always been looking to marginalise the Services will now run amock like a bull in a china shop . This one case has done immense and irreparable harm to the cause of the Services from which they may never recover to take their deserved place in decision making hierarchy.
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