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OROP – diminutive in deeper malaise
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Issue Net Edition | Date : 29 May , 2015

There is plenty hoopla about OROP and with reason – some angered, some amused, some complacent. Articles have appeared that veterans are disappointed and are losing faith in the government. Some write that since Uttrakhand had large number of military veterans, they chose to vote for opposition parties in assembly elections and that trend will likely continue. Reporters and cross section of the public ask what has happened that announcements about OROP by two successive governments have yielded nothing so far. So what exactly is happening?

…if an IAS officer becomes Joint Secretary in 17 years of service the officers of Organised Group A Service will start drawing the salary of Joint Secretary in maximum of 19 years of service and similarly that of Additional Secretary / Lt Gen in 30 and 32 years respectively

One thing is quite certain that the BJP by far has been the political party that favours the military the most. It is no secret that during the Kargil Conflict it was the BJP that raised the grant to the next of kin of a martyr from Rupees 2 Lakh to Rupees 20 Lakhs in one go. Had it been Congress in power, raising the grant by 20 paise would have perhaps taken 20 years. Therefore with the majority BLP government in power, observers are all the more puzzled what is happening about OROP. Government has announced they are committed to honour the commitment but that is what UPA II kept singing with Anthony leading the choir.

An analysis would tell you that OROP is drowning in a much deeper malaise, whose history runs back decades. It is on record that post Independence Nehru wanted to disband the army and on being asked how the country would be defended had responded that he had the police. Now why would Nehru have such view who otherwise was hailed as a statesman is puzzling unless he was following an agenda of his actual ancestry discounting the pseudonym Nehru adopted by his father. It is well known he had a disdain for the military and treated them no more than ‘necessary evil.

The second nut in the jigsaw came in the form of VK Krishna Menon, the worst Defence Minister India has had to-date. He not only kept the military, particularly army, starved of basic equipment but initiated the arms mafia in MoD by masterminding the infamous jeep scandal; short-circuiting the laid down procedure for imports and signing the deal in personal capacity while High Commissioner in London prior to taking up assignment of Defence Minister, imported jeeps at triple the actual price, procured less jeeps than number contracted and pocketed huge profits. Whether Nehru shared the booty is unknown but Nehru did not reprimand Krishan Menon for this blatant corruption. Both Nehru and Krishna Menon abhorred military advice and initiated violation of the institutional integrity of the military by thrusting Kaul an ASC officer as the commander of the vital Corps facing the Chinese in NEFA.

What happened thereafter is history but the fact remains that the nation and the military were ridiculed to put it mildly and Krishna Menon who should have been castrated for bringing such shame to the country was rewarded with a road named after him in the capital, replete with his statue that is garlanded annually on his birthday.

This language too was not changed in the ‘Rules of Business’ so that the top bureaucrat of MoD would become the mighty Skeletor while the Defence Minister could remain free for making money for the political party in power…

The above circus was keenly observed and analyzed by the bureaucracy in the MoD, and though sans any military sense, deduced that there was much profit in continuing with this arrangement. If they could continue to rule the roost (forget military issues) and make profits like the jeep scandal, what better situation? The involvement of the political hierarchy would make the polity hostage to the bureaucracy, latter knowing all secrets, which aside from money making would secure equally or more lucrative post retirement assignments. The only caution required was to keep the military at bay. Luckily, no one noticed that the ‘Rules of Business’ adopted from the British mentioned the Services Headquarters as “Attached Offices”. So not changing this gave the handle to not only keep the military away but also absolve MoD of whatever happened in the Services.

In British India, the Defence Secretary was charged with the defence of the country because their Defence Secretary was also the Defence Minister. This language too was not changed in the ‘Rules of Business’ so that the top bureaucrat of MoD would become the mighty Skeletor while the Defence Minister could remain free for making money for the political party in power, in synch with the arms mafia masterminded by the bureaucracy in tandem with other tentacles in PMO, DRDO-DPSUs-OF and abroad. Little wonder why our defence indigenization is so pathetic and despite the 1995 Dr Abdul Kalam headed Review Committee laying down the target of 70 percent indigenization by 2014, 19 years later we are still importing over 70 percent defence equipment – no inquiry for lapses, no blame apportioned, no heads rolled.

It was a beautiful blueprint that was readily accepted by Nehru and his lineage that followed (pseudonym Gandhi) – military kept away, arms mafia flourishing, money in billions of dollars. Whether the ‘actual’ ancestral lineage led the way to an anti-India agenda can be conjectured but then giving up 38,000 sq kms with “not a blade of grass”, gifting Fishtails to China, arbitrary imposition of Article 370 in J&K without reference to Home Minister Sardar Patel; perpetrators’ of rigging 1987 J&K elections that set in motion an insurgency to Pakistan’s advantage going scot free;  inaction on  subsequent ethnic cleansing in J&K rendering 3,50,000 Hindus refugees in their own country; deliberate enactment of the infamous IMDT Act in Assam and institutionalized illegal immigration from Bangladesh (made legal by providing Indian identity on crossing over to India) that changed the demography of not only the northeast but even the NCR, arming and training Bodos, criminalizing Punjab politics, move to vacate Siachen are events that can hardly be accredited to ambivalence.

But the most damaging part was the deliberate campaign launched to keep the military ‘subdued’ by not only keeping them underequipped but through hitting at their status, pay and allowances, and vilification. If all this sounds outlandish, then readers may wish to answer the following quiz:-

In which country would you find that the military is kept outside strategic decision making and continues without a national Security Strategy for 68 years?

  • In which country would you find the MoD appealing and taking to court the War Widows and War Disabled denying them their emoluments and dragging them into prolonged legal battles, knowing full well some of them can’t even afford such litigation or would simply give up?
  • In which country would you find a former Vice Chief of Army Staff who had lost a leg in actual battle as a young major fight a legal battle for years post retirement just to get his disability pension?
  • In which country would you find a woman heading the Government’s Department of Ex-Service Welfare (DESW) reveling in denying emoluments of War Widows? Is she and ISI agent?
  • In which country would you find the Government’s Department of Ex-Service Welfare crammed with bureaucrats without a single veteran posted to it.
  • In which country would you find generalist bureaucrats sans professional military knowledge ruling the roost in MoD for years?
  • In which country would you have a swollen headed woman in MoD who says no officer lower than Brigadier rank should ring her up?
  • In which country would you find that the military is kept outside strategic decision making and continues without a national Security Strategy for 68 years?
  • In which country would you find Services Headquarters made “Attached Offices” other than a colony of a foreign power?
  • In which country would you find military personnel deliberately lowered in order of precedence year after year?
  • In which country would you find the pay and allowances of the military being brought lower than sister government services?

In which country would you have a DRDO directly under MoD but doesn’t bother to take MoD sanction for most projects wasting crores of rupees?

  • In which country would you find that despite consistent demands, the military is deliberately not represented in the various Pay Commissions?
  • In which country would you find military veterans fasting in the country’s capital and returning their medals and gallantry awards in disgust?
  • In which country would you find that when military veterans go to the President to return their medals with petitions written in blood, the so called Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces (appointed by the political party in power) can’t muster courage to meet them?
  • In which country would you find a RRM peeking out of his cocoon to say “it is unbecoming of veterans to protest” and hide his face without meeting the veterans or finding out what their grievances are?
  • In which country would you find the MoD refusing to implement directions of the Supreme Court of the country with regard to pay and allowances of military personnel?
  • In which country would you find a former Defence Secretary and his cronies summoned in Contempt of Court by the Supreme Court of the country for not honouring its directions with respect to pay and allowances of military personnel?
  • In which country would you find that despite scores of defence scams, no bureaucrat has ever been questioned, leave aside being convicted? Wasn’t Krishan Kant the Defence Secretary during the Eurocopter and Westland Helicopter scam? Wasn’t Arvind Joshi the JS (G) and JS (Air) during the Hawk trainer deal? Didn’t Haschke’s diary lists out the appointments bribed in MoD but lid has been put on the case?
  • In which country would you have a DRDO directly under MoD but doesn’t bother to take MoD sanction for most projects wasting crores of rupees?
  • In which country would you a find a two cent journalist (one amongst the group branded “intellectual prostitutes” by John Swinston of New York Times) briefed to publish a false story of an attempted military coup?
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Lt Gen Prakash Katoch

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40 thoughts on “OROP – diminutive in deeper malaise

  1. Very very true,are we heading for a mini revolution of kind ? OROP is eye opening how so many facts have come to light which were not known before.The biggest mistake Govt has made is they have not established direct link with the Vetrans, Babus are still meddling and spoiling interest of the soldier and the country.
    I am of the view 50-75 percent of the staff in the Ministry of Def should be from the serving officers of the Army, Navy and the Airforce.This will give professionalism to the Ministry and establish close rapport between the three services and the Ministry which is totally lacking at the moment?
    How can you have babus with not a days service in the Armed Forces sit over judgement over General/Admirals/Air Marshals with 35-40 years of active service including battle experience ?
    Very well researched paper ,needs to be seriously studied, and needful changes made in the Ministry of Def and Armed Forces given their due other wise we are heading for serious trouble.
    Maj Gen O P Sabharwal
    mob-9837391082

  2. Loved the write up sir. Politicians have no locus standi as none of them has enough exposure to matters military. Another question that comes to my mind is if bureaucracy with Congress estimated OROP cost at 500 cr, how does the same bureaucracy now estimate if 16-20 times more. So that is their wisdom.

    And why is Army not taking the journalist to the court on Coup report? May be in AFT?

  3. An outstanding commentary on the state of affairs of the ministry of defence and how these cunniniving babus and shameless politicians have kept the armed forces out of the decision making in their field without having any basic knowledge of the defence of the country. It is important for the country to know about this nexus and support the armed forces to get its rightful place and honour in the scheme of things before it is too late.

  4. The article is well researched and I agree completely but I feel the military leadership of the country are more responsible than the politicians , today’s military leaders acts as if they have been promoted due to political bias not due to calibre thereby demeaning their own status , Should draw inspiration from someone like Fieldmarshall Manekshaw no political leader or buerocrate had ever tried to be funny with him , we need to start opposing the wrongs being done to military may be some sacrifices may be required but question is who should bell the cat , now in the era of mass media they can’t hide their wrong doings for long ,for example the wrong doings of two so called greats MrNehru and Krishna Menon can be presented before public even after 50 yrs of committing

  5. Also in which country a can a joint secretary of the P M O leak a top secret letter from the COAS and have Mr TK Nair shield her. She gets kicked upstairs and is sent to her home state. How long will will these farce be perpetrated on unsuspecting masses.
    Col p s yadav.

  6. Kudos to Gen Katoch for this article. One of the best I have read in recent times. Icant congratulate you enough for this article. I quote from Shakespeare. ” To be or not to be that is the question ; whethet tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings amd arrows of out rageous fortune or take arms against a sea of trouble aNd by opposing end them”
    COL PS YADAV.

  7. You have asked a few questions In which country such and such happens well that does not happen any where else it happens in our INDIA this handiwork of civilian Babu’s but tell me are our Staff college trained officers also not babus — we should have two streams General Staff and Command and officers must be allowed to appear for staff college after rank of full Colonel even adjutants should be Lt.Colonels — presently one year after commission he starts planning for staff college — youngsters must train and train till they become colonels — courses like JC,SC and HC must be more rigorous and exhaustive and given more weightage . As regards military Coup do you see any traits in any one of them that they are capable of attempting a Coup — well not our generals by any chance civilians can at least manipulate our generals cant even do that

  8. The last suggestion with regard to doing away with the MoD, can perhaps be modified to say that the ministry be staffed by defence services officers instead of bureaucrats. It is unimaginable that bureaucrats who have no direct knowledge or experience in defence matters are the advisers to the decision makers, namely RM/PM. Perhaps the phobia of a military coup has been the reason. If we have to face the challenges from our northern and western neighbors, we need to shake up our defence set up, equip it adequately and be ready with a counter challenge. I don’t think the bureaucrats are capable of doing that in the ministry.

  9. A factual and an accurate chronology of the manner in which the Armed Forces have been ‘short changed’ over the years and the shabby treatment meted out to them. The slide continues. Sir, besides the Political class and the bureaucracy, aren’t the ‘Service Chiefs’ equally responsible for the sorry state of affairs? If we ever had a chief with spunk, he could have and should have stood up against this injustice. But, post retirement sinecures perhaps are more important to them. With the climate and the mood prevailing, I shudder to imagine a hot headed youngsters momentary indiscretion and the consequences. I am sure you understand what I mean.

  10. Dear Sir,
    1. Let us consider past is past. 95 % of the blame on our present condition lies in our PSOs sitting in Army HQs not putting the considered opinion of the Army in writing and forwarding to the Govt. Let the Govt not act. But the Chiefs after retirement, after a period of six months have elapsed, should have had the moral courage to inform the public about the injustices done to the Army personnel and about the neglect of vital long term security issues, and how timely development of new state of the art weapon systems and their fielding is being thwarted by the bureaucratic combine, to ensure that the state of inefficient utilisation of national finances and blatant managerial ineptitude in the civilian section of the MoD CONTINUES without heads being made to roll. 2. The Army has to ask that NFUP has to be implemented for the Army also with effect from the same date as Civilian Group ‘A’ officers, ie from the 6CPC date of 01 Jan 2006, to ensure parity. In fact this suggestion should have come first from the Defence Services side to the Govt/CPC, as we face the most stagnation due to not taking in Direct Selection JCOs, and promoting them upto the Col rank on merit. In the present condition, the bulk of stagnation is being faced by the Direct commissioned officers as only approximately 30 % can get promoted to even Col rank and Grade Pay. It beats one’s imagination that when NFUP was first introduces after the 4CPC in 1996 for only IPS and IFS officers vis-a-vis IAS officers, our Adjutant General and then Chief had not strongly taken this status, parity and welfare measure with the Govt ? In fact we have the right to demand that Pay parity of Army officers should be ensured the day any IAS officer gets promoted to Joint Secretary grade and Additional Secretary grade (without any two years lapse as for Group ‘A’ services and DRDO scientists), to get quality intake.

  11. I feel sorry for the armed forces which take pride in defending the country, being treated so badly by the government.

    I sincerely feel that the government does not treat males equally as females, and since the armed forces is composed of males, it feels they are ‘disposable’, and do not have any ‘voice’.

    This is a massive drawback for the males in the armed forces, particularly when the politicians are forced to employ females who have to also be ‘looked after’ by the already stressed and strained armed forces.

  12. 1.How many Generals stood up to face this anomaly and resign in protest ?
    2. Corruption rampant among forces itself.Reason enough not many can take a moral high ground.
    3. In which country a company stength manpower is required to look after one General.
    4. In which country a fleet of sahayaks are earmarked to look after the Dogs .
    well there are numerous examples-
    However two wrongs don’t make it right.
    But the cleansing must start from within if you want yourself to be heard loud enough.

    • Amazing ….direct pointed questions. The line of argument is appreciated. Some spring cleaning is required in the armed forces too specially in regards to changed backgrounds of men. Menial and household jobs by shayak’s is one of them….if the character of army improves from within especially with respect to ambitions of officers and dignity of men who serve the nation. It can ask better questions

  13. Kudos to Gen Katoch. Wish our popular PM gets to read this forthright honest commentary of the shameful treatment meted out to Indian Armed Forces by the Congress rulers. If he is not moved to correct the situation then thu nation will pay heavily in nrar future.

  14. It is the generals with feudal mindsets and intellectual hollowness who connived with the crooked politcians , babus for personnel glory to abandon the very setup where they were trained , groomed and then served . The slogan became my stomach comes first , the juniors are to be flogged and to hell with the terms and conditions of service . This explains for ambassoderships , governers of god forbidden Ne states where no politcan or civilservice babu is willing to go the generals saught remployment and ABANDONDED THE SERVICES TO THE BABUS , WHO HAVE TAKEN OVER EVERY THING AND MADE THE UNIFORM PERSONNEL FEEL WORTH LESS .

  15. Sir
    Many thanks for a very well written article.All the points/facts are absolutely correct.I pity the first review (Mr Akshay Rao)who thinks otherwise.He definitely appears to be illiterate and ignorant to a great extent like chhotu (RaGa).I hope your article is read by the powers that be so that immediate corrective measures are instituted.

  16. Adding to my previous comments.

    The men in uniform should stop seeing the bureaucracy as the villain. This is not going to get us anywhere. General after General I see ranting about how the they alongwith the politicians have taken us for a ride. However post retirement we don’t think twice before cosying up to the same set of politicians and babus for governorship.
    Time to change our mindset. Why don’t we get the babus to think for us. Give them their due respect and influence this lot who can infact be our key ally.
    We are the armed forces who are to protect democracy and simply loathing the system will keep us in this hole forever.
    Let’s open our minds and not see it as a war between “them” and “us.

    • Why not the other way round? Why not promulgate that def officers are no longer ‘attached officers’? Why not include them in pay commissions? Read the article which gives lucid perspective of who and how it started.It’s for those in the system who perpetuated a bizzare model for a country’s defence to make amends to this flawed system. Mr Rao, reconciliation in the working relationship between the bureaucracy and military will change accordingly and at the pace at which the change happens.

  17. Dear General

    As my boss says (he is also ex-Army) this article reeks of partisanship and covert loyalty towards the ruling party.
    Sir request that let the services remain apolitical as deemed by the wise.
    Are you in line to get some plum job in the current dispensation like Gen VK Singh?
    Very poorly and devoid of facts article. Thoroughly disappointed.

  18. This article is NOT at all eye opening. All this is in public domain. Even political partition of India is the handiwork of the same category. Unfortunately they are our rulersDULY ELECTED IN ELECTIONS AFTER ELECTIONS. Suggenstions made to remove the existing maladies, are logical. But they go totally against these very people who h ave systematically and relentlessly crafted it. Opting for Birtish policies whether in outdated parliamentary system (first past the post is a winner) or infamous ‘divide and rule’ by classifying people of India in castes, religion, region and what not, was also with the moto of inheriting the colonial style of governance. Colonies served the crowns. Our ‘elected’ representatives serve their own interests. Poor gullible and simple people of this Golden Sparrow (Sone ki Chidya) are just lumping it.

    My considered guess is this that if oour political system is not reformed anarchic conditions will breed. Whatever shape and course it may take, the present system will not survive. It has failed.

    AFMA Muqsith.

  19. Sir,
    Points are pertinent but real problem lies not only with Babu’s of MoD….our own military bureaucracy is to be blamed more for denying our disabled the rights….recently was interacting with a major who lost leg during Op Vijay….not in Kargil but in some other place….all benefits were denied to him because only Kargil was notified as an theatre of war……why not ask for maximum and than negotiate…..SC told MoD to set up the grievance cell for the forces but AG’s branch wrote back that we don’t require one…..we have back stabbers in our own rank and file….NFFU was denied because of our own officers……Close down NDA immediately ……officers coming out of that institution are intellectual dwarfs and they are doing some serious damage to Indian Armed Forces.

  20. Very apt article with hard hitting facts….. Do sincerely hope the powers that be see the light beyond the tunnel. It’s a shame that the Armed Forces and the Veterans have to go around begging for superior Equipment,Arms,OROP etc

  21. The ills and lackadaisical response of political leadership, their lack of fore-sight towards the armed forces has been aptly brought out. Hope the contents will serve as an eye opener for the current leadership. The silver lining is that today we have a LEADER who surely will look in to all grey areas and do the needful.
    An excellent article indeed!

  22. When will the army stop criticizing Govt. and bureaucrat? The majority of the high ranking defense officers are still thing about conventional war. The army will think about field guns, mortars, hand grenade and assault rifles. IAF still think about dog fight. Navy have no planning.at all. The fact is that Smt Indira Gandhi did not give much importance to our Navy during her meeting with the three Service chiefs during the 1971 war. So they might have thought that by increasing the inventory of naval vessels they may get the same importance as the other two services are getting. It is natural because only those who are having money and assets get better respect. Unfortunately, our Navy lacked proper planning and war strategy. If we ask any naval officer their answer will be that China has more number of Naval vessels. During the period of Indira Gandhi, they could not change her policy.But after the death of Smt Indira Gandhi, subsequent Governments started following a policy just opposite to what she had followed. Her son Rajiv Gandhi undid all the good that she did. He went and purchased another Air craft carrier ( 2nd hand) from Britain. He had purchased submarine from Germany and that was the 1st Defense Scam. Majority of Ship building yards are being used for constructing warships, frigates and submarines. Even they do not know the strategic points in the Indian ocean. Three service chiefs won’t see each other. Majority of you will be carried away by arms dealers. Whether pricey M-777( ULH) is a real requirement. USA had supplied weapon locating radars to Pakistan. So Indian army favored Bofors gun because it can be shifted to other places very easily to escape from accurate enemy fire. But M- 777 guns cannot be shifted very easily. So it is dangerous to use M.777 . Who changed the specification of Westland Helicopter scam?

  23. Dear Prakash,

    Will OROP benefit any OR’s (Other Ranks) who account for 90% of the Ex-Servicemen (also 90% of serving men) in this country?

    Have you done anything to benefit the nation or other ranks during your 30 plus years in the service?

    I know. You were powerless then. You are powerless now.

    Please make it explicitly clear that OROP will benefit only retired officers and NOT OR. Else, I will assume that you were cowardly then to take cover under the Army Act and cowardly now to take cover under the large blanket of numbers that Ex-Servicemen (OR) run up.

    regards,

    Harshan

    • Dear Harsharan,

      I am glad I looked up responses to this article, which I normally don’t, least I would have missed your remarks. OROP till last years count, affects some 20 Lakh other rank veterans. In the Army alone, 60,000 retire annually, of which officers are a small part. As for what I did while in Service, I am afraid you need to ask others about me. It is not for me to speak.

      Regards.

      Prakash.

  24. Indian service personnel are mercenaries/indentured labor. They have no say in anything that concerns them, including arms and equipment, leave alone pay and perquisites ! This is of course due to the political establishment surrendering its authority and responsibility to the Babudom. This has been so since 47!
    The men in Uniform have great expectations from this Govt. We hope this govt lives up to our expectations, and deals with the service headquarters on one to one basis.

  25. Kind Attention: Lt. Gen. Prakash Katoch (Retd) PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SC Please.
    1. Please refer your article “OROP – diminutive in deeper malaise” of 30 August 2014.
    2. You have listed a rather exhaustive “quiz” that “readers may wish to answer”. There is nothing new in these revelations. These issues have been since quite a while, perhaps during your tenure at the exalted rank of a Lieutenant General.
    3. You have rightly stated the “that most damaging part was the deliberate campaign launched to keep the military ‘subdued’ by not only keeping them underequipped but through hitting at their status, pay and allowances, and vilification”.
    4. That leaves one pertinent question unanswered. Do permit me the audacity to ask you as to what did you do to set things right during your service.
    5. Therefore, it may not be outlandish to presume that a contributory factor for the “deeper malaise” is lack of commitment of our senior officers, while in service. Post retirement, It is quite convenient to write elaborate articles on what ails the Services. That’s how I rate your write up.

    • Dear R Singh,

      Every time a veteran government official writes something in public domain, the query by people like you is what did you do while in service. I am afraid I don’t owe you any explanation. What I did in service and what i fought for as per my principles you may ask from others. The difference only is that while in uniform, you cannot write in public domain. Have you ever picked up your pen and written anything to improve the system? Are you from the bureaucracy by any chance?

      Regards.

      Prakash.

  26. who betrayed the trust of the lakhs of solders sailors , airmen who are tongue tied and cannot speak for themselves . it is the stupid command and control system of the defence services which should only be till the corps and fighting formations . scores of service chiefs and those aspiring have betrayed the total trust by accepting the chicken feed from babus and mantris all for a few small and petty perks so that they can masqurade like viceroys with band baja and courtiers .last heard the serving chiefs have openly connived with the cda accountant by sending out the exservicemen representatives and tamely accepted that they want more guns , missiles and ships and aircraft rather than have the starving exservicemen and officers paid OROP. AS LONG AS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IS NOT ALLOWED THE SERVICE CHIEFS WILL INVARIABLY BE CHECKMATED BY THE CLEVER BABUS AND MANTRIS.THE ARMED FORCES ARE TREATED LIKE CHOWKIDARS AND PALLBEARERS WHENEVER A FAT POLITCAN OR BABU EXPIRES AND THE RED TABS TAKE PRIDE IN LICKING THEM . ONE WALK ALONG THE DIRTY DARK CORRIDORS OF SOUTH BLOCK WILL PUT TO REST WHAT THE UNIFORM RANKS ARE CAPABLE OFF.

  27. who betrayed the trust of the lakhs of solders sailors , airmen who are tongue tied and cannot speak for themselves . it is the stupid command and control system of the defence services which should only be till the corps and fighting formations . scores of service chiefs and those aspiring have betrayed the total trust by accepting the chicken feed from babus and mantris all for a few small and petty perks so that they can masqurade like viceroys with band baja and courtiers .last heard the serving chiefs have openly connived with the cda accountant by sending out the exservicemen representatives and tamely accepted that they want more guns , missiles and ships and aircraft rather than have the starving exservicemen and officers paid OROP. AS LONG AS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IS NOT ALLOWED THE SERVICE CHIEFS WILL INVARIABLY BE CHECKMATED BY THE CLEVER BABUS AND MANTRIS.

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