Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre. (Source: Twitter/File)
The armed forces are “apolitical”, the government today asserted in the Lok Sabha, weeks after Army chief Bipin Rawat’s comment that the AIUDF was growing faster than the BJP in Assam sparked a row. “Armed forces in India are apolitical,” Subhash Bhamre, Minister of State in the Defence Ministry, said in a written response to a question in Parliament.
BJP MPs Manoj Rajoria and Raghav Lakhanpal had asked the government if it was aware of any “attempts at the politicisation of the armed forces”.
Rawat’s remarks last month that the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) had been growing faster than the BJP in Assam because of the support of Muslims, with Pakistan and China pushing Bangladeshi migrants into the northeastern part of the country to destabilise India, had stoked a political controversy.
AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal had then tweeted, “By making such a statement, the Army chief has indulged in politics which is against the constitutional mandate given to him.”
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suresh VRGMar 7, 2018 at 7:29 pmThe Army Chief called a spade a spade. What is wrong with his observation ? Will Ajmal explain how, when Hindus population growth is 2.24 and Muslim Population growth is 2.54 , how did the percentage of Muslims in North Cachchar grow from 8 in 1971 to 62 today ???? Just because the Army Chief made a truthful observation does he become a villian ? Why are you b#u#g#g#e#r#s so intolerant ? When JNU Traitors raise slogans about "Desh ki Barbadi" you a H defended it as saying it Democracy and freedom of expression. Why not the same logic now ???Reply
