In the whole world, the soldier is considered as a high standard
citizen. In history, we see that soldiers and the army have been given
such respect. Being brave and facing difficulties is not the only
reason for this special treatment, not telling lies is also one of
the reason. A brave soldier who enters into the battlefield risking
his life, he is neither afraid of the arrows of the enemy nor the
sword that may cut his throat; why he would tell lies, especially
the Army Chief? An Army Chief on whose single order thousands of
soldiers put their horses in the river, burn their boats, attack
enemy bigger than itself without ever thinking what is the number and
capability of the enemy, what are the weapons available with the
enemy. He only knows one thing that their Army Chief is like their
Father who cannot tell lie to his children, he will never repel them
in the valley of death. However, Indian Army Chief Dilbeer Singh has
violated the military history by telling lies for the political
interests of extremists and remained steadfast on his lies despite
being exposed and shown his professional incapability.
In September 2016, General Dilbeer Singh Suhag ordered his DG Military Operations Lt. General Ranbheer Singh to tell the lie of the surgical strike in Azad Kashmir in the Press Conference, according to a report published in India Lt. General Ranbeer Singh denied telling such a big lie. Because neither Indian Army Aviation has the capability and technology to fly at night especially in the mountainous area full of forests nor Indian Commandoes had such equipment and training for night operation. In such a situation the claims of Indian Commandoes invading into Azad Kashmir across the Line of Control (LoC) would be only accepted by uneducated Hindu extremists, not the world. The Indian army was also unable to prove that it crossed the barbed wire fences, then crossed the Neelum river passing through extremely dangerous slopes in the dark of the night. According to the Indian claims killed hundreds of terrorists in the training camps in Azad Kashmir, and all the Indian commandoes returned back without any loss of life. During the whole operation, the Pakistani soldiers deployed to protect every Inch of the LoC were dead sleep, neither they heard the sound of the firing, nor anyone woke up or we may assume that Pakistan's army was not present on LoC.
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Indian army, 2016-: GOC-in-C Northern Command Lt Gen DS Hooda |
In September 2016, General Dilbeer Singh Suhag ordered his DG Military Operations Lt. General Ranbheer Singh to tell the lie of the surgical strike in Azad Kashmir in the Press Conference, according to a report published in India Lt. General Ranbeer Singh denied telling such a big lie. Because neither Indian Army Aviation has the capability and technology to fly at night especially in the mountainous area full of forests nor Indian Commandoes had such equipment and training for night operation. In such a situation the claims of Indian Commandoes invading into Azad Kashmir across the Line of Control (LoC) would be only accepted by uneducated Hindu extremists, not the world. The Indian army was also unable to prove that it crossed the barbed wire fences, then crossed the Neelum river passing through extremely dangerous slopes in the dark of the night. According to the Indian claims killed hundreds of terrorists in the training camps in Azad Kashmir, and all the Indian commandoes returned back without any loss of life. During the whole operation, the Pakistani soldiers deployed to protect every Inch of the LoC were dead sleep, neither they heard the sound of the firing, nor anyone woke up or we may assume that Pakistan's army was not present on LoC.
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Indian army soldiers killed in Uri attack in Sep 2016 |
The question was raised in India that why the GOC Northern Command
General Depinder Singh was not present in the Press Conference who is
the supervising all the activities in the IHK and Commander of
Indian Army in Indian Held Kashmir (IHK). Indian Media was told that
he is much depressed due to the killing of 30 soldiers in the attack
over Uri Brigade Headquarters on 18 September 2016 and does not want
to face the journalists. As Pakistan was blamed for the attack,
Indian public was demanding revenge from Pakistan. In order to make
the claims of the surgical strike, it was decided that the Press Conference would be held on 24 September 2016. However, after General
Huda apologized from telling the fabricated story of Surgical Strike
it was decided that DG Military Operations would give the Press
Conference. Lt. General Ranbeer Singh first of all apologized,
however, he was given an offer of being promoted as Indian Army Chief
after the retirement of General Dilbeer Singh Suhag on 31 December 2016.
He agreed to give the press conference on the condition that no one
would be allowed to ask the questions and he will leave the hall after completing his statement. In any army the designation of DG
Military Operations is very important and sensitive supervising the
Military operations and activities. He is in contact with all the
Services Chief and Formation Commanders. He has nothing to do with
the politics or the press conferences. As a DG Military Operations,
when the world saw him giving a press conference on the state private
Indian TV Channels the first expression in the military
establishments of the world was that something fatal has happened in
the Indian army. A famous writer and columnists Shobha De after
hearing the Press Conference rejected it as a bundle of lies and
wrote a long article “Soldiers Do Not Lie, Politicians Do”, in
which he declared the Surgical strike as a joke not only with the
Indian public but the whole world as well. He started his article by
expressing sympathy with the Indian soldiers in these words,
“Ever since the surgical strikes took place, the one person I have been feeling most sorry for is the beleaguered jawan”.
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"Soldiers Don’t Lie. Politician Do" Shobhaa De |
Obviously, what would be the feelings of soldiers who are ready to
jump into the fire on the order of his General or Commander is
telling the fabricated story that never occurred. Such a soldier
would die of shame whose Commander is a lier. The fabricated story of
General Ranbeer Singh was condemned by senior retired Indian Army
officers and termed as the death of professionalism in the Indian army. BJP
establishment exploiting the Indian army for their political interests
did not give a shit to this. They only wanted to increase their vote
bank. They did not realize that Indian Generals who are telling lies
for the political interests of the BJP, what would happen when these
Generals will tell lies for their personal interests, at that that
what would be the position of India.
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Sep 2016: Indian Army Chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag, the story writer of the surgical strike in Azad Kashmir |
On 20 October 2019, Indian army targeted civilians living in the
Jura Shah Kot and Noseri Sectors of LoC with the mortar guns and
Bofor guns used during the war, in this unprovoked shelling one
Pakistani soldiers and 5 civilians embraced martyrdom. This attack was
either to incite Pakistan army to start a war or divert the attention
of the world from the Curfew in IHK and atrocities being committed by
Indian army their. Besides this the statement of General Bapan Rawat
was astonishing in which he claimed that three camps in the Azad
Kashmir responsible for lawlessness in IHK were destroyed which were
to be used as launching pads for terrorism in IHK and India. The
unprovoked shelling of Indian army was given a befitting reply by
Pakistan army destroying Indian bunkers and killing 9 Indian soldiers
while many were severely injured. The condition of the Indian army was
that they were forced to hoist white flags in order to collect their
dead bodies. The reports from the Indian sides disclosed that number
of soldiers killed was more than 9. On the statement of General Bapan
Rawat, DG ISPR Major General Asif Ghafoor expressed hopelessness and
invited Indian High Commission to visit the areas and show that which
terrorist camps were present there that were targeted according to
General Bapan Rawat.
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Indian Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat with his controversies over fake surgical strike stories and threats to Pakistan |
On 22 October 2019, on the invitation of DG ISPR, representatives of
local and international media, some ambassadors and military attach
in these embassies visited the areas that were targeted by the Indian
army. Indian High Commission was also invited but they remained dead
silent. It was unbearable for the Indian High Commission to get the
claims of General Rawat being rejected in front of the dozen of
ambassadors. Such a lie was told by Indian Air Force on 26 February
2019 after bombarding deserted areas in Azad Kashmir. This resulted
in the Indian jets being shot down by PAF fighters and their pilot
being taken as POW, shooting down their own helicopter in the friendly
fire carrying 6 pilots who were going to Sri Nagar Airbase from
Pathankot airbase for participating in the activities against
Pakistan. In the way Indian Generals are competing for one another in
telling lies, they should themselves hold accountable as professional
soldiers…
Written by Khalid Baig,
Published in Daily Nawa-i-Waqt,
Date: 31 October 2019.
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