Re: [HumJanenge] Please think of the Nation

It is unfortunate that you have a shallow knowledge of the entire
episode. Gen Singh has the courage to bring out the facts that today's
Army is not as ready to fight a war as it should be. You may wonder
why this has not been brought out earlier by his predesissors. They
have done so many a times. But there was no action taken on it for
years. Gen Singh has exposed the anti Army stance of the bureaucrats
and also the Government s inept attitudes. If Gen Singh had also kept
quite, like others, he would have also got good post retirement
appointments like Governors, Ambassadors etc. Gen Singh chose to
fight like a soldier for the future of the country and NOT for his own
post retirement plum postings / appointments. He has sacrificed all
these for whom ? Atleast now, you are aware of some small facts
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kumaran

On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Varghese K George <vkg.george@gmail.com> wrote:
> what nonsense! it is as if only General Singh and you are honest! every
> other general in the army, the cabinet, and of course the supreme court
> judges who asked him to take a walk, are all corrupt!! OMG!!! such arrogance
> and self righteousness of a handful are the real danger to democracy in this
> country....
>
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 7:27 PM, Devasahayam MG <mgd@airtelmail.in> wrote:
>>
>> The MoD mess–The Reality
>>
>>                                            Ex-Major M.G.Devasahayam, 1AS
>> (Retd)
>>
>>
>>
>> Theopen feud between the Ministry of Defence and the Chief of the Army
>> Staff aroseout of the contrived Date of Birth controversy. A corrupt cabal
>> had conspiredsince 2006 to truncate Gen. VK Singh's tenure by digging out
>> UPSC applicationform and trashing his School Certificate.
>>
>>  Yet, neither the DoB issue is over yet, as is beingwrongly believed, nor
>> is the tenure of General VK Singh going to end in thenext two months as is
>> being widely claimed. The fact is that Supreme Court hasput the ball back in
>> the court of MoD by ruling: "As a matter of fact, thequestion before us in
>> the Writ Petition is not about the determination ofactual date of birth of
>> the petitioner, butit concerns the recognition of a particular date of birth
>> of the petitioner bythe respondent (Government of India) in the official
>> service record."
>>
>> It is therefore imperative that the MoDhas to first pass a legally
>> speaking order 'recognising' Gen.VK Singh's realDoB as per law and Rules
>> that hold School Certificate as paramount. This hasnot been done and the
>> retirement orders of Gen VK Singh have not been served onhim till now. Yet
>> MoD has nominated and named his successor (for whose benefit the entire
>> conspiracy and manipulation took place) to take over asCOAS on 31 May 2012.
>>
>> This action is untenable and the real cause of the messthat MoD has got
>> into and only they are to be blamed. Instead they are tryingto pass it on to
>> Gen. VK Singh by insinuating that he is now a 'frustrated man'and is trying
>> to rake up the Tatra bribery issue and leaking out his letter on'defence
>> preparedness' to PM to seek revenge. Some MPs, including congenitally
>> corruptones, have asked for Gen VK Singh's summary dismissal and arrest
>> without evenholding an enquiry!
>>
>> This way of portraying theserving chief of the Indian Army as an adversary
>> just because he is fightingagainst corruption and injustice is wrought with
>> serious danger andconsequences. It is our Armed Forces who have defended and
>> protected ourdemocracy through their valour, sacrifice and total sense of
>> patriotism, bereftof any political ambitions as in our neighbouring
>> countries. It is largelybecause of them that India stands tall as a free and
>> sovereign Republic. Among the armed forces, the Army is the largest andthe
>> most visible face. The chief of that force has a special status in
>> thenation's affairs and he cannot be distinguished from the Institution he
>> heads. When aninstitution like the Army is impaled, it is the people who
>> bleed.
>>
>>  Thepolitico-bureaucratic power coterie that is trying to bulldoze the
>> Army Chiefis very distressing. If the serving Army Chief is treated this way
>> and thesecorrupt cabals have their final say at least for two generations,
>> no militarycommander will raise his head. And the message for military
>> commanders will bethat it isn't merit, honesty or integrity that will get
>> them promotions andtenures but pandering to the corrupt
>> politico-bureaucratic cabal. The lastbastion of professional meritocracy in
>> India will be crumbled and the damagewill be lasting.
>>
>>  This is an open war between the honest and the corrupt and cannot
>> becountenanced in the interest of national security and integrity in
>> governanceIit time people with conscience stood up and be counted..
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With Regards,
Col PA Kumaran (Retd)