Rashtrapati Bhavan denies receiving letter from Army veterans

New Delhi, Apr 12: Hours after reports of a letter by the veterans to President Ram Nath Kovind against 'politicisation' of armed forces in the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections 2019 came out, Rashtrapati Bhavan has denied receiving any such letter.

President Ram Nath Kovind
President Ram Nath Kovind

Earlier it was reported that, eight former service chiefs and 148 other military veterans have written to President Ram Nath Kovind, expressing outrage over what they termed using the armed forces for political purposes.

The signatories of the letter included former Army chiefs General (retired) SF Rodrigues, General (retired) Shankar Roy Chowdhury and General (retired) Deepak Kapoor, former IAF chief Air Chief Marshal (retired) NC Suri.

Stop parties from using military for poll gains: Veterans urge President

"We refer, Sir, to the unusual and completely unacceptable practice of political leaders taking credit for military operations like cross-border strikes and even going so far as to claim the armed forces to be 'Modi ji ki sena'," the letter said.

"It was a matter of considerable concern and disquiet among both the serving and the retired personnel that the armed forces are being used to pursue political agenda, it added.

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2014
Thambidurai,m. AIADMK Winner 5,40,722 52% 1,95,247
Chinnasamy, M. DMK Runner Up 3,45,475 33% 0
2009
Thambidurai.m AIADMK Winner 3,80,542 46% 47,254
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2004
Palanisamy, K. C. DMK Winner 4,50,407 61% 1,90,876
Palanichamy, Raja. N AIADMK Runner Up 2,59,531 35% 0
1999
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1998
Thambi Durai.m AIADMK Winner 3,27,480 50% 43,673
Natrayan. K TMC(M) Runner Up 2,83,807 44% 0
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Natrayan.k TMC(M) Winner 4,09,830 56% 1,68,274
Thambidurai.m AIADMK Runner Up 2,41,556 33% 0
1991
Murugesan N. AIADMK Winner 4,75,571 69% 2,69,969
Thirunavukkarasu D. DMK Runner Up 2,05,602 30% 0
1989
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Kanagaraj K. AIADMK Runner Up 2,07,015 41% 0
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