That's a revelation, or just confession? The men in uniform are great "patriots" only as long as they toe the saffron line. Otherwise, of course, abominable "anti-nationals", very much like the other mortals, whose ranks they come from.
A gem of saffron wisdom. Sukla On Fri, 12 Apr 2019, 23:02 sanjeev kulkarni [email protected] [IHRO] < [email protected] wrote: > > > Two people have denied signing any such petition. The anti-nationals > even forge the signatures. Find out who have denied it on TV channels. > It will be interesting. > > Sanjeev > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* "Sukla Sen [email protected] [IHRO]" <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Friday, 12 April 2019 3:40 PM > *Subject:* [IHRO] From 3 former Army Chiefs, 4 Naval Chiefs and 2 Chiefs > of IAF: 'Veterans Ask President to Urge Parties to Stop Using Military for > Political Gains: Vets appeal to President Ram Nath Kovind as Commander in > Chief "to ensure that the secular and a-political character of our Armed > Forces is preserved".' > > > > [The (156) signatories include 3 former Army Chiefs, 4 Naval Chiefs and a > Chief of the Indian Air Force (at sl. no. 1-8). > > 《We refer, Sir, to ***the unusual and completely unacceptable practice of > political leaders taking credit for military operations like cross-border > strikes, and even going so far as to claim the Armed Forces to be “Modi ji > ki Sena”. This is in addition to media pictures of election platforms and > campaigns in which party workers are seen wearing military uniforms; and > posters and images with pictures of soldiers and especially of Indian Air > Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, displayed.*** [Emphasis added.] > > We do appreciate that complaints by some senior retired personnel, > including a written submission from a former Chief of the Naval Staff to > the Chief Election Commissioner, have elicited a prompt response. Indeed a > notification has been issued asking for an explanation from those > responsible for these statements, including from the Chief Minister of > Uttar Pradesh. However we regret to state that these do not appear to have > resulted in any substantive change of behaviour and practice on the ground. > ... > We hereby respectfully urge you to take all necessary steps to urgently > direct all political parties that they must forthwith desist from using the > military, military uniforms or symbols, and any actions by military > formations or personnel, for political purposes or to further their > political agendas.》] > > > https://thewire.in/security/veterans-ask-president-to-urge-parties-to-stop-using-military-for-political-gains?fbclid=IwAR3TwAp14jDBs7RPDXmBUj84mXvuenS32UAACBIhyeXBSeDRTD2fmi0fzqo > > Veterans Ask President to Urge Parties to Stop Using Military for > Political Gains > Vets appeal to President Ram Nath Kovind as Commander in Chief "to ensure > that the secular and a-political character of our Armed Forces is > preserved". > > Veterans Ask President to Urge Parties to Stop Using Military for > Political Gains > "We believe that you will surely agree that any such misuse of the Armed > Forces established under the Constitution of India and under the supreme > command of the President of India, would impinge adversely on the morale > and fighting efficiency of the serving man or woman in uniform. It could > therefore directly affect national security and national integrity." > Representational image: Jaskirat Singh Bawa, CC-BY-ND 2.0 > > The Wire Staff > > 10 HOURS AGO > > In an unprecedented election-eve letter of the kind India has never seen > before in the seven decades since independence, over 150 armed forces > veterans – including three former Army chiefs, four former Navy chief and a > former Air Force chief – have written to the President and Commander in > Chief to complain about the manner in which the ruling party is “taking > credit for military operations like cross-border strikes, and even going so > far as to claim the Armed Forces to be “Modi ji ki Sena”. > > The letter, made public on April 11, urged President Ram Nath Kovind “to > take all necessary steps to urgently direct all political parties that they > must forthwith desist from using the military, military uniforms or > symbols, and any actions by military formations or personnel, for political > purposes or to further their political agendas.” > > The Wire is publishing the full text of the letter below. > > § > > Honourable Shri Ram Nath Kovind > President of India and Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces > Rashtrapati Bhavan, > New Delhi > > Dear Shri Ram Nath Kovind Ji, > > We, the signatories, are Armed Forces Veterans who have served in the > defence of our nation in various appointments, in peacetime and in > operational and war zones over the past several decades. > > The apolitical and secular nature of India’s Armed Forces has been an > article of faith for every soldier, sailor and airman. India’s Armed Forces > have loyally upheld the democratic principle of civil control over the > military. Their military professionalism on and off the field, combined > with the devotion to duty in protecting India’s territorial sovereignty and > national integrity, remains widely appreciated. > > The soldiers, sailors and airmen of the Armed Forces owe allegiance to the > Constitution of India, of which you, as President of the Indian Union, are > the legal custodian. It is for this reason that the President is also the > Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces and we serve and execute orders at > the will of the President and as decided from time to time by the Executive > – that is, the Government of the day. > > You would be aware that those in active service (men and women of all > ranks in the Army, Navy and Air Force) cannot speak out, even on matters > which might affect their interests adversely, since they are subject to > military law and are governed by the parliamentary Acts of their respective > Service. > > However, we Veterans being in continuous touch with our own military > fraternity, as also with serving personnel at all levels, have a ‘finger on > the pulse’, so to speak. And it is for this reason that we write to bring > to your attention, as the Supreme Commander of India’s Armed Forces, some > concerns which have caused considerable alarm and disquiet among both the > serving and the retired personnel of our Forces. > > We refer, Sir, to the unusual and completely unacceptable practice of > political leaders taking credit for military operations like cross-border > strikes, and even going so far as to claim the Armed Forces to be “Modi ji > ki Sena”. This is in addition to media pictures of election platforms and > campaigns in which party workers are seen wearing military uniforms; and > posters and images with pictures of soldiers and especially of Indian Air > Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, displayed. > > We do appreciate that complaints by some senior retired personnel, > including a written submission from a former Chief of the Naval Staff to > the Chief Election Commissioner, have elicited a prompt response. Indeed a > notification has been issued asking for an explanation from those > responsible for these statements, including from the Chief Minister of > Uttar Pradesh. However we regret to state that these do not appear to have > resulted in any substantive change of behaviour and practice on the ground. > > With the General Elections round the corner, and given the prevailing > environment where political parties and candidates seem to be acting in > total disregard of the declaration of the ‘model code of conduct’, we fear > that such incidents may only increase as polling day draws near. > > We believe that you will surely agree that any such misuse of the Armed > Forces established under the Constitution of India and under the supreme > command of the President of India, would impinge adversely on the morale > and fighting efficiency of the serving man or woman in uniform. It could > therefore directly affect national security and national integrity. > > We therefore appeal to you to ensure that the secular and a-political > character of our Armed Forces is preserved. > > We hereby respectfully urge you to take all necessary steps to urgently > direct all political parties that they must forthwith desist from using the > military, military uniforms or symbols, and any actions by military > formations or personnel, for political purposes or to further their > political agendas. > > This communication is copied to the Chief Election Commissioner of the > Election Commission of India for information and action. > > We, the undersigned, endorse the above. > > Yours Faithfully > > 1 Gen SF Rodrigues, PVSM,VSM > > 2 Gen Shankar Roy Chowdhury, PVSM,ADC > > 3 Gen Deepak Kapoor, PVSM, AVSM,SM,VSM,ADC > > 4 Adm Laxminarayan Ramdas, PVSM,AVSM,VrC, VSM,ADC > > 5 Adm Vishnu Bhagwat,PVSM,AVSM > > 6 Adm Arun Prakash, PVSM,AVSM,VrC,VSM,ADC > > 7 Adm Sureesh Mehta, PVSM,AVSM > > 8 Air Chief Marshal NC Suri,PVSM,AVSM,VM,ADC > > 9 Lt Gen Sanjeev Anand > > 10 Lt General KS Rao, PVSM, SC, SM, Arjuna Awardee > > 11 Lt General Mohan Ramdas > > 12 Lt General YN Sharma > > 13 Lt General Vinay Shankar > > 14 Lt General Prakash Gokarn > > 15 Lt General Vijay Oberoi, PVSM, AVSM, VSM > > 16 Lt General MA Gurbaxani, PVSM, AVSM > > 17 Lt General RK Nanavatty, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM > > 18 Lt General R K Gaur, PVSM > > 19 Lt General CA Barretto, PVSM > > 20 Lt General ML Naidu, PVSM, AVSM, YSM > > 21 Vice Admiral Madanjit Singh > > 22 Vice Admiral DB Kapila, PVSM, AVSM, VSM > > 23 Vice Admiral A Britto, PVSM, AVSM, VSM > > 24 Air Marshal Vir Narain, PVSM > > 25 Maj Gen A K Shukla > > 26 Maj Gen PC Panjikar, VSM > > 27 Maj General KM Bhimaya > > 28 Maj General Jose Manavalan, AVSM > > 29 Maj General Shiv Dev Singh > > 30 Maj General Mohan Singh > > 31 Maj General Harsha Kakar > > 32 Maj General Rajendra Prakash, VSM > > 33 Maj General GH Israni > > 34 Maj General Anil Sawhny, AVSM > > 35 Maj General IJS Dhillon > > 36 Maj General Kshitin Pandya, AVSM > > 37 Maj General TK Kaul, PVSM, AVSM, VSM > > 38 Maj General ML Malik > > 39 Maj General SG Pitre > > 40 Maj General SG Vombatkere, VSM > > 41 Rear Admiral Shankar Mathur > > 42 Rear Admiral Sudhir Pillai, NM > > 43 Air Vice Marshal Kapil Kak > > 44 Brig A. A Ramchandani > > 45 Brig UPS Pathania > > 46 Brig Vinod Raizada > > 47 Brigadier VHM Prasad > > 48 Commodore C Jayaraj > > 49 Commodore Rajan Mathew, VSM > > 50 Commodore R Rahmathullah > > 51 Commodore G Kailath, AVSM, NM, VSM > > 52 Commodore Dinabandhu Jena > > 53 Commodore Jal Postwalla > > 54 Commodore PC Gulati, NM > > 55 Commodore MS Chahal > > 56 Air Cmde Sanjay Sharma’ > > 57 Colonel Bharat Haladi > > 58 Col Sanjeev Choudhary > > 59 Col Krishna Prasad N G > > 60 Col Mukesh Trehan > > 61 Col RP Suhag > > 62 Col Pankaj Fotedar, VSM > > 63 Col Vivek Mathur > > 64 Col Arun Hariharan > > 65 Col K N Singh > > 66 Col DM Sharma > > 67 Col Shantanu Majumdar, > > 68 Col Gurpinder Singh > > 69 Col Ramnik Khanna > > 70 Col Abhay Prasad > > 71 Col Abhi Chatterjee, > > 72 Col Manmohan Singh > > 73 Col. Rajiv Kanwar > > 74 Col Bharat Kumar > > 75 Col Jayadev P I > > 76 Col. Sujit Dutta > > 77 Col. Lal Kesavan > > 78 Col. Melwyn D’Souza > > 79 Col Sanjay Dilwaria > > 80 Col. K S Kamboj > > 81 Col Shashi Thoomas Kilo > > 82 Col K Kataria, SM > > 83 Col MK Keshwar > > 84 Col Maniish D Kachhy > > 85 Col. Aparjeet Nakai > > 86 Col CMS Babu > > 87 Col RS Singh > > 88 Capt (IN) HPS Sodhi > > 89 Capt (IN) Rakesh Kumar Prabhakar > > 90 Captain (IN) S Prabhala, VSM > > 91 Capt(IN) Sandeep Kapoor > > 92 Group Captain Ashutosh Srivastav (Retd) > > 93 Gp Capt Rajinder Abrol > > 94 Gp Capt D. V. Shukla, > > 95 Gp Capt Philips Jacob, VM > > 96 Gp Capt Satvinder Singh > > 97 Gp Capt Deepak Mundade > > 98 Gp Capt MS Sadanand > > 99 Lt col Arvind Kumar Singh, > > 100 Lt Col MS Kanwal, VSM > > 101 LtCol Sajan Moideen, > > 102 Lt Col Muruganantham > > 103 Lt Col Ved Prakash Sharma > > 104 LtCol R Pankaj > > 105 Lt Col Shantanu Rishi > > 106 Lt Col Sanjeev Kumar Gupta > > 107 Lt Col SPS Panwar > > 108 Lt Col Neeraj Sharma > > 109 Lt Col Shantnu Rishi > > 110 Lt. Col. Gagan Khanna, DE > > 111 Lt Col Satish Chari > > 112 Lt. Col Akash Sachan > > 113 Lt. Col PP Singh > > 114 Lt Col Sandeep Chandorkar > > 115 Lt. Col. SS Nath > > 116 Lt Col JS Patil > > 117 Lt Col Amit P Mathur > > 118 Lt Col Jagjit Singh Judge > > 119 Lt Col RP Shankar > > 120 Lt Col NM Saksena > > 121 Lt Col Raghawendra Singh > > 122 Lt Col Shamsher Manhas > > 123 Lt Col DN Yadav > > 124 Lt Col Janak Raj Vatsa > > 125 Lt Col Rakesh Mehrotra > > 126 Lt Col Rajeev Rattan Kotwal > > 127 Cdr MCV Jose > > 128 Cdr KC Mahesh Giri > > 129 Cdr Sam T Samuel > > 130 Cdr Joji Tom Mundakel > > 131 Cdr S Manrai > > 132 Cdr P Pattanath > > 133 Cdr HS Dabas > > 134 Cdr Soumya Datta > > 135 Cdr SA Rawool > > 136 Cdr Sandeep Kumar > > 137 Cdr RK Srivastava > > 138 Cdr Shailesh Jain > > 139 Cdr Sati Taneja > > 140 Wg Cdr Gopal Taneja > > 141 Wg Cdr Sanjay Bishnoi > > 142 Wg Cdr Nilesh Gandhi > > 143 Wg Cdr Rajiv Gupta > > 144 Wg Cdr Sudhir Kumar Virulkar > > 145 Wg Cdr SK Chopra > > 146 Wg Cdr Sanjay Nijai > > 147 Wg Cdr Kuldeep Mathur > > 148 Wg Cdr SK Nair > > 149 Wg Cdr Prashant Karde > > 150 Maj K J Singh > > 151 Maj P Sirur > > 152 Maj Priyadarshi Chowdhury, SC > > 153 Sqn Ldr Narendra Prasad Uniyal > > 154 Capt Sandeep Shekhawat > > 155 S/ Lt. 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