Modi flaunts meritocracy in Indian army, promotions of extremist Hindu officers

New Delhi: Modi did not spare the Indian army for the sake of achieving political goals.

The Modi government began to prioritize military officers with extremist Hindu views over moderate officers. Professional and moderate officers were neglected in promotion and transfer.

According to the sources, voices started rising from within India for using the Indian forces as a political weapon. Currently, 4 retired military officers are holding the positions of governor and lieutenant governor.

Naik, who participated in Operation Prakaram 2002, was appointed as the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh on February 16, 2023. He is also accused of grabbing 12 acres of land in Rajasthan through fraud in 2009.

Gurmeet Singh, the retired lieutenant general who commanded 15 corps in Srinagar and oppressed Kashmiris, was made the governor of the state of Uttarakhand.

In 2017, in view of the growing US interest in the Indian Ocean, Admiral Retired DK Joshi was appointed as the Governor of Andiman and Nicobar. In February 2023, Brigadier BD Mishra, who had hateful views against Pakistan, was appointed as the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh. All four governors have political affiliations with the BJP and have extremist views against Pakistan.

Lt Gen Retired Ranbir Singh, who announced the fake surgical strikes in September 2016, was given the Commander Northern Command in 2018 as a reward. In the 2017 Uttar Pradesh elections, the BJP won two-thirds majority in the elections through the photos of General Retired Ranbir Singh.

In April 2019, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath claimed that Bharati Sena is actually Modi Sena. In 2016, Narendra Modi appointed Bipin Rawat as the Army Chief by promoting two senior officers. Bipin Rawat had a long and close relationship with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat.

General Bipin Rawat was appointed Chief of Defense Staff in January 2020 for openly supporting BJP. In 2015, 3 Corps under the command of Bipin Rawat claimed surgical strikes in Myanmar. In 2018, Bipin Rawat openly defended Major Gogoi, who tied Farooq Ahmad Dar to an army vehicle in Kashmir, saying that I wish Kashmiris would fire at us instead of throwing stones so that we can taste them. In 2017 against China on the Doklam border and in 2019 in Balakot surgical strikes, Modi was given political advantage.

Bipin Rawat Bipin Rawat also openly defended the new citizenship laws of the Modi government. On the death of General Bipin Rawat in September 2022, Lt. Gen. Anil Chauhan, a retired military officer with political ties to the BJP, was appointed as the Chief of Defense Staff instead of the most senior General MM Noorane. General Anil Chauhan Balakot surgical drama in 2019. was the mastermind of

In September 2021, during the military parade in Dev Lali, the Indian Army performed the Aarti and put an end to the Modi government’s euphoria. In another such incident, in September 2021, 15 Corps in Srinagar congratulated Modi on his 71st birthday through a congratulatory tweet.

In 2021, the heads of the Navy and Air Force informed the President of their reservations about the speeches against Muslims by Hindu extremists in Hardiwar, while the Indian Army Chief refused to sign the letter.

As a result of Operation Swift Retort, the Indian Air Force also claimed to have shot down the Pakistani F-16 for Modi’s political gain. In continuation of the same policy in 2021, Abhinandan was also awarded Veer Chakra.

In 2019, 7 senior retired army officers joined BJP including Lt Gen Yadav, Lt Gen Patial, Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, Lt Gen Suneet Kumar and Lt Gen Nitin Kohli. In 2014, retired Army Chief General VK Singh also joined the BJP.

Indian military officers also regularly attend RSS and BJP gatherings in uniform. In May 2019, the Election Commission had complained of pressure from the Indian Army to vote in favor of Kobi JP.

The world’s 4th largest army’s ideological commitment, political character and rewards of political positions on retirement are a slap in the face of the so-called Indian democracy.