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Congress’s Attacks on Armed Forces

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Aahana Ashi
Congress’s Attacks on Armed Forces

Treasonous conspiracy theories such as one involving the so-called planned coup by the Army chief V. K. Singh were floated when he was fighting a legal battle against the UPA government regarding a correction in his date of birth record.

When General Sir Robert Lockhart, presented a paper outlining a plan for the growth of the Indian Army before Prime Minister Nehru, the PM had replied: “We don’t need a defence plan.

The plans were executed despite the threat of Chinese aggression looming large.

Cariappa, Nehru had feared a coup and therefore sent Field Marshal Cariappa to Australia as High Commissioner in 1953.

Lieutenant General S. L. Menezes in his book, ‘Fidelity and Honour’, recounts how the favourite defence minister of Nehru, V. K. Krishna Menon – the architect of India’s defeat in the Sino-Indian war – used to threaten officers with court martial when they raised genuine questions.

Also, it was first Prime Minister of India Nehru who had promoted Lt. General Kaul out of turn, whose catastrophic leadership had led to the defeat against China.

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