Congress demands VK Singh's resignation

Congress has demanded the resignation of former army chief General VK Singh from the post  union minister over his tweets against the armymam chosen to be India's next army chief, Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh Suhag.

"General VK Singh's tweets are a disgrace," said Captain Amarinder Singh, Congress MP from Amritsar.

The issue of General Singh's tweets was raised in Parliament today, with MPs of several parties deriding them as unfortunate.   Finance and Defence Minister Arun Jaitley intervened to verify, "As far as government is concerned, appointment (of Lt Gen Suhag as Army Chief) is final and the government stands by it."

General VK Singh as an army chief had initiated disciplinary action against Lt Gen Suhag for supposedly failing to finalised  the responsibility for a failed intelligence operation that supposedly took place in the North-East during his tenure in December 2011.

An internal army commission formed for enquiry then cleared Lt Gen Suhag of the charges and he was promoted to Eastern Commander, placing him in line for a future task as army chief.

In a chain of tweets yesterday, General Singh made a direct attack on Lt Gen Suhag, accusing him of allowing his division to pamper in "dacoity."

 

 "Would you have ever imagined General Kariappa or Thimmaya doing this?" Captain Amarinder Singh said today, referring to two of India's most-respected army commanders. 

"You don't have to tweet about this," he said, "It demoralises the soldiers at our borders or those who are fighting insurgents."