As in 1971, the political leadership in 2020 did not get involved in military matters and gave the directive correctly, with the defence minister advising the Army chief, “Jo uchit samjho wo karo'.
The case, lodged by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police, comes days after excerpts from the book, titled ‘Four Stars of Destiny’, created a furore in Parliament.
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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