Our Harmed Forces

Who will give better leadership? Political Class! The political Class, the one which has been selected by the Indian Public at large. The public needs to be educated and they should not be worked upon as mere vote banks which unfortunately they are and thus they go wrong in selecting the candidate while voting. The basis of proper education of the public must start at the very basic Education System in the country so that the generation next is adequately and properly educated and made wiser to run our country. The political parties themselves are more to blame as at the core of their election strategy lies in the hunger for power and not the welfare of the Society and State/ Country at large; they will do well only when their basic approach under goes change, the one which should be a 'Thorough Nationalistic Approach'. The Political Class has to wash out their dirty linen and come clean into the public domain and that too with patriotic approach. For this we do need a Great Revolution in our country, the one comparable with the might of 'Shahid Bhagat Singh' of pre-Independence era. Do we find people of such stature anywhere?

We are blaming the Armed Forces and trying to fish out something most undesirable and creating a bad impression and not allowing the them to take their own action within the bounds of the well respected discipline which it is ingrained with from the very concept of its existence and every soldier is proud of. The media has of late gone into a bingo attitude and approach of exploitation and sensationalism which is mostly counter productive when Armed Forces are concerned. Self restraint is absolutely essential when of speech is guaranteed in our State. The
case of 26/11 should never be forgotten when this approach helped the Adversary on the contrary. Apparently we have not learnt our lesson yet.

When it comes to grant of pension benefits to the Armed Forces, all those in power, the political class and the bureaucracy and Media are virtually silent. No one is willing to take up the cause of Veterans of the Armed Forces. Their just demand of OROP remains unfulfilled as merely not feasible on administrative grounds. The men in uniform can not raise this issue as they are bound by discipline. Nevertheless, this approach will have repercussions in the entire set-up of the Armed Forces. It is time to wake up. Oh! Our country-men when will you wake up??!!!!

I Jairath
Gp Capt(Retd)
Read Shekhar Gupta's article in Indian Express
Our Harmed Forces