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Lt General Suhag's appointment final: Jaitley

by India Blooms News Service 11 Jun 2014, 11:52 am

New Delhi, June 11 (IBNS) Brusing off all controversies, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said Vice Chief of Indian Army Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh Suhag's appointment as the next Army Chief has been finalized.

 "The appointment is final. The post of the Army Chief must be kept out of all controversies," said Jaitley.

 The Lok Sabha on Wednesday witnessed an uproar over an affidavit on Suhag in connection to his promotion as the next Army Chief.

The affidavit said the alleged lapses which were made as grounds to impose disciplinary ban on Suhag were "baseless", "premeditated", "vague" and "illegal".

"Defence Minister Arun Jaitley has sought an explanation from senior officials in his ministry on how passages imputing motives to former Army Chief – and now MoS for the north east, external affairs and overseas affairs – V K Singh were part of an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court on June 4, shortly after the BJP-led NDA government assumed office," reported CNN-IBN.

Meanwhile, the opposition Congress demanded VK Singh's resignation.

Expressing his displeasure, VK Singh tweeted on Tuesday: "MOD affidavit same as it gave to AFT under protective and conniving UPA, so what is new folks?"

"If unit kills innocents,does dacoity and then head of organization tries to protect them, should he not be blamed?Criminals should go free!!" he posted on micro-blogging site Twitter.

Suhag is scheduled to take over as the Army Chief at the end of August. 

He will serve as the Army Chief for a tenure of two years and five months till December 31, 2016.