New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Former Indian Army Chief, General (retired) Manoj Mukund Naravane said that he has not seen his memoir ‘Four Stars of Destiny’ in a published form and has no answers to how the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi got access to it. General Naravane, speaking to IANS in an interview, said that the Union government has given “full freedom” to the armed forces to take actions in situations like the 2020 India-China standoff, which shows that it has “full trus…
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New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Former Indian Army Chief (retired) General Manoj Mukund Naravane has emphasised the significant distinction between politics and the Indian armed forces, criticising efforts to link the military to political matters. He said that the Indian Army follows a “chain of command” and following the orders of the political leadership does not indicate the institution has become political.General Naravane said this in an interview with IANS in response to a question regarding t…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Former Indian Army Chief, General Manoj Mukund Naravane (Retd.) opened up about the recent controversy surrounding the India-China standoff of 2020, stating that the government has given “full freedom” to the armed forces to take actions in such situations, which shows that it has “full trust” in its military. Gen M.M. Naravane, in an interview with IANS, in response to a question regarding Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP), Rahul Gandhi’s, claims about his unpublis…
Ahmedabad, April 24 (IANS) BJP MP Manoj Tiwari on Friday launched a sharp attack on Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, alleging that he is “an agent of China.” The remarks come after former Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane stirred controversy with references in his unpublished memoir regarding a key moment during the India-China border tensions. Recently, Naravane clarified the context of the phrase “jo uchit samjho, woh karo” (“do whatever you deem approp…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Former Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane has formally addressed the political controversy surrounding the 2020 China standoff, firmly denying claims that the military was left without direction during the crisis. The remarks serve as a direct counter to assertions made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who had previously suggested that the General was abandoned by the political leadership at the height of the tensions at Rechin La pass.The controversy stem…
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Amid the controversy surrounding the unpublished book ‘Four Stars of Destiny’ by former Army Chief Gen. M.M. Naravane, the BJP asserted on Wednesday that the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, along with other ‘fake’ leaders, is deceiving the nation by disseminating falsehoods. Speaking to IANS, BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh said, “To please foreign powers, Rahul Gandhi and other fake leaders are misleading the country by lying. The one who wrot…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) For the second consecutive day, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday raised the Ladakh standoff issue, despite repeated objections from the Chair to only present “authentic sources”. The Lok Sabha saw a heated exchange as the opposition MPs continued to accuse the Centre of “misleading” the House on the India-China issue.Gandhi has been raising the Ladakh standoff issue while quoting from a magazine article linked to an “unpublished book” of for…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday took aim at the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of disrupting House proceedings by raising the Ladakh standoff issue while quoting from a magazine article linked to an “unpublished book” of former Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane.Earlier on Monday, Speaker Om Birla had issued a ruling stating that no one can quote a news article or magazine, citing Parliamentary rules, a…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) After chaotic Lok Sabha proceedings a day earlier, the House reconvened on Tuesday. However, it was adjourned just 9 minutes after the proceedings started.The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 12 p.m. This came amid the Opposition’s uproar over Monday’s proceedings when Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi tried to raise the 2020 Ladakh standoff issue, while citing a magazine article, which he claimed quoted the unpublished memoir of former Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravan…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was on Monday adjourned for the second time, till 4 p.m., amid a row over Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi repeatedly seeking to raise the alleged details of the Chinese aggression along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh in 2020. The lower house of the Parliament saw a heated exchange between the Congress and the ruling BJP over former Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane’s “unpublished” book on the Doklam standoff between India and China in 20…