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  1. tarunraju

    CDS news, updates, discussions and reports

    When CDS was announced, he was to only have a coordinating role, as an interface between the military and the political executive, and we were told he can't command (i.e. he doesn't sit above the service chiefs in the chain of command, and can't bark orders at them).
  2. tarunraju

    CDS news, updates, discussions and reports

    https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/first-joint-commands-to-be-launched-by-may-101613500932277.html So does this mean CDS gets command role?
  3. tarunraju

    CDS news, updates, discussions and reports

    ........................................................................... Frankly, if Gen Rawat cares about his legacy, he should refuse the offer of CDS. This post is an insult. Accepting it in its present form shows that you're unwilling to hang your boots at whatever cost of legacy and...
  4. tarunraju

    CDS news, updates, discussions and reports

    I honestly expected Modi to see through coup shit. Instead he ate it. The CDS prescribed post-Kargil was that who can make the CoAS tie his shoelace while simultaneously making the CNS prepare his tea, and the ACM pulling the car out from his garage. A Manekshaw-like, CDG-like, Patton-like...
  5. tarunraju

    CDS news, updates, discussions and reports

    So CDS won't enjoy any military command. It makes the institution pointless. MoD would have successfully scared the Cabinet of coup risk. So they came up with a toothless role for CDS full of buzzwords and gimmicks, just so PM doesn't have a loss of face for not delivering on an I-Day promise...
  6. tarunraju

    CDS news, updates, discussions and reports

    4-star officer would mean Gen Rawat won't be it. Gen Rawat superannuates on Dec 31, and enters retirement. If the appointment is going to be made sometime close to I-day 2020, then it's likely Adm Karambir Singh will make the cut. PM Indira faced the same problem. She wanted to make then Gen...
  7. tarunraju

    CDS news, updates, discussions and reports

    I think Shiv Aroor makes an interesting point: What happens to the Defence Secretary with a CDS in place? He’ll just be a departmental mandarin?
  8. tarunraju

    CDS news, updates, discussions and reports

    Yes, in the public-service order I'd imagine CDS ranking on par with Cabinet Secy, but in the military hierarchy, he's outranked by the President. The President also has quasi-military powers as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed forces. That title is given so that no uniformed officer should feel...
  9. tarunraju

    CDS news, updates, discussions and reports

    No, because the CDS has one person outranking him - The President of India (Commander in Chief).
  10. tarunraju

    CDS news, updates, discussions and reports

    Baba's mindgames have started:
  11. tarunraju

    CDS news, updates, discussions and reports

    Keep an eye out for paki media chatter on this development. They are sure to spook out. If we are indeed going to take back PoK, instituting a CDS is a major precursor. I think an appointment will be made in mere weeks, if not days. As Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain said, if he's a 4-star ofc who's...
  12. tarunraju

    CDS news, updates, discussions and reports

    Yup, that's what my dad said: this is a wartime appointment. It remains to be seen if CDS is a 4-star officer or 5-star. 5-star confirms we're going to war. A 5-star officer in regular service (not in an honourary post) never superannuates and has a bunch of constitutional powers that come...
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