Originally posted by: atominis
Yeah there is always context and nuance as long as Modi or BJP minions criticise army or use reference to 1962 as a joke.
Richa named Galwan. Did not name army in tweet.
So much for calling India weak in defense prior to 2014. Typical bhakt speak to assume everything was weak and in shambles before 2014 and everything has been done only after 2014.
hmmm, did I say everything before 2014 was bad or that everything since has been good? We can always have a separate discussion on what we think was wrong/ right before/ after...
as far as Modi's criticisms go, my inference from other statements he has made over the years is he was basically criticizing UPA policies when it came to our defense. He found the lack of spending on modern equipment problematical. He also thought the forces needed to be stream-lined (as in creating theater commands etc under a CDS) to better orient it for modern warfare, and that veterans needed to be taken care of. In each of these areas, he has tried to do something about it. He brought out the One Rank One Pension scheme the veterans were asking for, even though it was expensive. Given that he actually did something about the criticisms he had levelled, it's only right to take his criticisms as constructive. In any case, he did not attack the character or the valor of our army...
as for Chadha not naming Galwan, one doesn't need to be too bright to know what she was referring to. It was shameful for her to implicitly mock the sacrifice of soldiers who died there....
Edited by BirdieNumNum - 3 years ago
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