Oof, second hand embarrassment for those Paras. They go through all the cr@p of selection/training and then this is what they have to work with? What a waste of talent.
Haven’t taken it seriously? What kind of an excuse is this? Are they circus clowns or are they military professionals? And what ever happened to unit prestige?
Paras are so broken at this point
The IA hadn't had enough to spend on the existing SF, that they still thought it necessary to convert the entire Parachute Regiment into SF.
Just Wowww!
So let me sumarize it, in the beginning we had three Para Airborne units, two Para Commando Units. The CO of 1 Para Lt Gen Inderjit Singh was involved in Op Harling as a part of British SOE, amazing operation -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Harling
He also oversaw, 9 and 10 Para Cdo ops as director of Military Operations in the 1971 Indo-Pak War.
Having the most solid background for SF, he asked his unit to become an experimental SF unit. 1 Para SF was modeled on 22 SAS and 9 and 10 were kept updated about it's progress but were still commando units.
But since then, Parachute regiment officers continuously wanted conversations of their battalions. 2, 3 and 4 became SF as well. Then new infantry battalions got converted into Para, later they also wanted to be SF. And now we have this where infantry battalions keep getting Para Airborne then Para SF status.
Jai Ho, Jai Ho, Jai Ho, Bale, Bale, Bale, Bale, Jai Ho