New Delhi, 20 September 2013

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today claimed that former chief of army staff General VK Singh is being targeted by the UPA Government for sharing the dais with BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi at a recent rally in Rewari, Haryana. BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said the defence ministry’s decision to order a probe against General (retired) VK Singh in connection with a media-based report that he had allegedly ordered a technical unit of the army to unseat the Jammu and Kashmir Government when he was in office, was completely unjustified.

‘General V K Singh is being hounded because he was seen by the side of Narendra Modi,’ said BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman.

She further said: ‘We caution the government to look into this, as this will result in a complete trust deficit in army and demoralize the army.’

Media reports have claimed that General V K Singh set up a special unit in the army which tried to topple the Jammu and Kashmir Government.

The report claims that a secret Board of Officers inquiry has recommended that the CBI look into the matter.

Media report also claims that the unit set up by General V K Singh called the Technical Services Division (TSD), a part of Military Intelligence, tried to block General Bikram Singh’s promotion.

The reports said that the recommendation has been examined by the Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of Defence.

The report was prepared by Director General Military Operations Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia as part of a Board of Officers (BOO) formed by Gen. Bikram Singh to review the functioning of the top secret unit set up under his predecessor.

Dr. Subramanian Swamy’s take

Former Army chief Gen VK Singh is now under scrutiny for ‘trying to topple J&K govt’.

Every time you think our government can’t stoop any lower, it gets even worse.

First the nuclear liability bill, serving American interests at the cost of lives of our countrymen. And now this!

Congress govt. is guilty of demeaning, devaluing and destroying institutions and this slander campaign against Gen VK Singh is clearly a part of that process.

Come to think of it, first if he had to topple the government, why J&K? And also, if Gen VK Singh had actually tried to topple a govt., why didn’t this government act against him back then?

The truth is, Gen VK Singh, unlike others, has been a whistle-blower against the wrong policies of the government which have been detrimental to India’s defence and morale of the Armed Forces.

The purpose of slandering Gen VK Singh is to try and dampen his anti-Congress zeal as he recently shared dais with Narendra Modi. Which also brings us to the question of the timing of the news in IE.

Patriots, it’s time to stand behind General, for the sake of our nation.