Minister of State and former army chief, General VK
Singh has refused to say anything on statements made by him on army chief's appointment and advised the media to ask Ministry of Defence (Mod) instead.
When the media confronted Singh on the controversy that has been raked following
his tweets on the appointment of Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag as the new Army Chief,
he said, "Ask MoD about this,dont ask me.I am not saying anything, read my tweet
you will come to know the issue."
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In a direct attack on Lt Gen Dalbir Singh, who has incidentally been given a
go-ahead by Defence Minister Arun Jaitley to take over as the Army Chief on July
31, General V.K. Singh had tweeted yesterday; "If unit kills innocents, does
dacoity and then head of organization tries to protect them, should he not be
blamed? Criminals should go free!!"
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"MOD affidavit same as it gave to AFT under protective and conniving UPA, so what
is new folks?"
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His tweets has generated a furore within political circles leading to the
opposition gunning for his resignation.
