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Clamour for action against V.K. Singh grows
Thursday March 29, 2012 03:21:54 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The
chorus for strong action against army chief V.K. Singh grew louder
Thursday after reports that he had sought a CBI probe into a
serving officer based on a letter written by a Trinamool Congress
MP. While the BJP doubted the timing of the disclosure, the RJD
said he was "out of his mind".
The army chief, who had taken on the government over his age and
whose letter to the prime minister on shortcomings in the forces
has triggered outrage, opened a fresh front by forwarding the
letter by Ambika Banerjee against Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag to the
Central Bureau of Investigation.
"The complaint of the MP that the army chief has sent to CBI
should be probed. At the same time the time chosen by the army
chief after one year raises questions and doubts on his
behaviour," BJP leader Balbir Punj said.
He demanded a public reply by the army chief on the delay.
"Because the issue became public, he must take the nation in
confidence whether after getting the complaint he brought it to
the knowledge of the defence minister and prime minister. If he
did, what was their response. What was the reason behind the
delay," Punj said.
The letter by the Trinamool MP of May 2011 alleges "procurement
scams" in the "secretive" Special Frontier Force (SFF), when Lt
Gen Dalbir Singh was its inspector general.
The SFF is under the administrative control of the Research and
Analysis Wing (RAW), the country's premiere foreign spy agency.
Hitting out at V.K. Singh, Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Ramkripal
Yadav said: "I want to ask the army chief, an MP wrote a letter to
you one year back on some corruption... why did you keep the
letter for one year...
"He should have given it to his ministry and the ministry would
have taken action," he said.
"He is out of his mind... I think he is working under some
motivation. I want to urge the government that there should be
action against him without delay," Ramkripal Yadav said.
The Samajwadi Party and the Janata Dal-United had Wednesday
demanded sacking of the army chief after his letter to prime
minister on shortage of ammunition in the forces was leaked to the
media.
The army chief has refuted allegations that he leaked the letter
and said the leak was an act of "high treason".
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