Govt. fixes the Birth Date of Army Chief

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It's the army now: How many institutions will survive UPA?

The UPA government's sustained assault on institutions has taken another toll. The defence ministry decided on Thursday that Army Chief Gen VK Singh was born in 1950, and should, therefore, retire a year earlier than planned in May, 2012.
In doing so, it has politicised the army. Just as it has the police, the regulatory agencies, and other institutions.
It's the army now. The issue is not whether Gen Singh was born in 1950 or 1951, or whether some goof-up that happened decades ago should now be held against him. The issue is plain and simple: the army is one institution that has so far been relatively free from political interference. The UPA has made it clear that it will not let this institution alone, too.
Everyone and his aunt knows that the previous army chief had created a succession plan and changed the rules of the game to ensure that specific generals get to be army chief when their time comes. Since the current army chief stood in the way, his age confusion came in handy to cut his tenure short

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An earlier article looking at the root cause of this controversy.

Who's trying to fix the Army Chief by raking up his age?

some vested interests inside and outside the country are desperately trying to turn this simple reality upside down in the case of the present Army Chief, Gen VK Singh. They have, for very long, been engaged in subverting the very institution of the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) by engineering a controversy about the age of the present incumbent, possibly with the idea of supplanting him with a convenient and pliable officer.

All through his career, till he became Lt Gen, VK Singh's DOB (10 May 1951), as reflected in his matriculation certificate, was taken as true and valid. However, very late in his career, when he appeared on the scene as the strongest contender for the post of army chief, someone fabricated a controversy by claiming he was a year older, and that his date of birth was 10 May 1950, based on legally untenable arguments.

This article is written by RSN Singh is a former military intelligence officer who later served in the Research & Analysis Wing, or R&AW. The author of two books: 'Asian Strategic and Military Perspective' and 'Military Factor in Pakistan', he is also a columnist for Canary Trap.

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