A LARGER CHALLENGE IS FROM THE POLITICAL EXECUTIVE OF THE DAY IN INDIA
Main Points Highlighted:
Lt General Bipin Rawat as the country's 27th Army Chief after superseding two lieutenant generals.
Selection of Army Chief a sensitive issue:
1.     IT is a convention rather than a statutory requirement for the senior-most lieutenant general to be appointed as a Service Chief. …Yet, the decision has evoked much criticism among sections of retired Army officers who have attributed it to “political interference”, described it as a,
“bad precedent” and even predicted “the beginning of the end of an apolitical Army”.
2.     A larger challenge is from the political executive of the day in India.
3.     A larger challenge is from the political executive of the day.
4.     Considering the nature of petty, partisan and corrupt politics prevalent in the country and how politicians are used to blatantly interfering with appointments of civilian bureaucrats and policemen, the credibility of the Indian politician is at a constant low.
5.     While many politicians in India may otherwise treat the armed forces with awe, barring some individuals they take little interest in understanding the armed forces in particular and national security in general.
6.     National security is not the exclusive preserve of the armed forces;
it is multi-faceted and complex requiring serious study and understanding by the political executive which takes all final decision.
7.     The country can do without politicians trying to use an Army headed by “deep selected” pliable generals to exert influence. Surely that will mark the end to India's professional and apolitical instrument of last resort in a country where governance continues to be marked by political and administrative mismanagement even as security threats abound.
The Extracts Courtesy by: The Tribune, THE VOICE OF PEOPLE, CHANDIGARH

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