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2013.
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| Summary/Abstract |
When chief of army staff (COAS), General Bikram Singh took over as the head of the 13 lakh strong army on 31 May 2012, he was conscious of the extraordinary circumstances that had preceded his elevation. His predecessor, in his public fight with the government over his age row, had wittingly or unwittingly harmed the army grievously. The manpower, which is the real asset of any professional army, had been compelled to take sides: for or against the army chief, General V.K. Singh. Was their chief working for the army or simply for himself, was the question being discussed, in hushed voices, at all levels, from senior officers' enclaves, to formation and unit messes, junior commissioned officers (JCO) messes, and soldiers' langars. When the senior-most officer becomes suspect, the other officers could no longer remain above board.
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