India's generals must remember that when they speak, the impact lasts for a long time. Field Marshal Cariappa's 1970 remark about a military rule is a case in point.
If armed forces have begun to look and sound like any other govt department, the fault lies with their own leadership, civil servants who control them, and politicians who lead them.
Pakistan aimed to convey a message to the West about its counterterrorism efforts and show China that it has control over the CPEC routes. However, both messages fell flat.
Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
General cariappa was right. Only military should rule the country.politician are foolish and overrated to run this country. Democracy is the main tumbling block n development of india…unlike china.
There can never be a couple in India. Nobody serioysly talks about a coup .Least not an army general.If if some joke is cracked in public it doesn’t mean that the army is going to take over this country.
Though I tend to agree with the author that generals do not need to answer every question posed by journalists and also they do not need to make statements favouring apilitical party or it’s views.
Generals must speak so should citizens.
But when our constitution charges Defence Forces with the responsibility of protecting democracy our Generals must speak and act to ensure the same, our loyalty being to the constitution and the Nation.
What they must not do is put their foot in their mouths and indulge in petty outbursts which not only demean their own office but also embarras the Organisation they have the singular distinction of heading!
They must also speak and protect organisational interests since this would be in line with National Interests.
Let us not be fooled into believing that the Armed Forces are an intellectually bankrupt lot, our experience, knowledge of economic affairs, International Relations and the internal dimensions of the Country go far beyond what most politicians as well as bureaucrats would like to give us credit for and we certainly as a thumb rule are more exposed to such matters.
India is no Timbuktu country like Pakistan to have military rule. The exaggeration is a fantasy that for even running the slave country. the British did not need military. Indian. police was adequate.. The odds of mutiny is higher than military rule, small even that odd may be.
The author of this article is fearful of a coup in the country fully knowing that the army is called upon when the civilian authority fails to administer and on several occasions the authority in power has asked the Chief of Army Staff to hold the reins to bring back normalcy . As a matter of fact it is the President of India who should ask the Armed Forces to act is such contingency arises . The opinion expresses through this article is lop sided and the Armed Forces remain apolitical which does not mean that the freedom of speech cannot be exercised by the members of the armed Forces .
Romancing about a great military dictatorship is typical of the upper middle and middle classes. Excepting politicians and IAS, IPS bureaucracy , many indulge in this. They fear democracy because poor and marginalised have the power to vote and undesirable things may happen.
General cariappa was right. Only military should rule the country.politician are foolish and overrated to run this country. Democracy is the main tumbling block n development of india…unlike china.
There can never be a couple in India. Nobody serioysly talks about a coup .Least not an army general.If if some joke is cracked in public it doesn’t mean that the army is going to take over this country.
Though I tend to agree with the author that generals do not need to answer every question posed by journalists and also they do not need to make statements favouring apilitical party or it’s views.
Generals must speak so should citizens.
But when our constitution charges Defence Forces with the responsibility of protecting democracy our Generals must speak and act to ensure the same, our loyalty being to the constitution and the Nation.
What they must not do is put their foot in their mouths and indulge in petty outbursts which not only demean their own office but also embarras the Organisation they have the singular distinction of heading!
They must also speak and protect organisational interests since this would be in line with National Interests.
Let us not be fooled into believing that the Armed Forces are an intellectually bankrupt lot, our experience, knowledge of economic affairs, International Relations and the internal dimensions of the Country go far beyond what most politicians as well as bureaucrats would like to give us credit for and we certainly as a thumb rule are more exposed to such matters.
India is no Timbuktu country like Pakistan to have military rule. The exaggeration is a fantasy that for even running the slave country. the British did not need military. Indian. police was adequate.. The odds of mutiny is higher than military rule, small even that odd may be.
The author of this article is fearful of a coup in the country fully knowing that the army is called upon when the civilian authority fails to administer and on several occasions the authority in power has asked the Chief of Army Staff to hold the reins to bring back normalcy . As a matter of fact it is the President of India who should ask the Armed Forces to act is such contingency arises . The opinion expresses through this article is lop sided and the Armed Forces remain apolitical which does not mean that the freedom of speech cannot be exercised by the members of the armed Forces .
Allow Generals to joke a bit. Politicians are dry and idiots.
Romancing about a great military dictatorship is typical of the upper middle and middle classes. Excepting politicians and IAS, IPS bureaucracy , many indulge in this. They fear democracy because poor and marginalised have the power to vote and undesirable things may happen.