New Delhi: Expressing concern over Army chief General VK Singh's letter to the Prime Minister, the BJP on Wednesday said "it shows the equilibrium between the Defence Ministry and the Army has been disturbed" and pitched for modernisation of the forces which appear to have suffered.
"The contents of the army chief's letter are scary. When the common man reads that the defence forces have no ammunition and cannot defend the country he finds it scary," Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj told reporters.
The BJP was equally critical of the Army Chief for not pursuing the bribe offer case and writing a letter to the Prime Minister on the state of affairs in the Army as well as Defence Minister AK Antony for not handling these issues - including the need for modernisation - with deftness.
"The decision to write a letter is always fraught with the possibility, even if one per cent, that it may be leaked at some point in time," Swaraj said, criticising the Army
Chief.
She also wondered why General VK Singh had not immediately got the officer, who offered him Rs 14 crore bribe, arrested.
The BJP is also of the opinion that writing such a letter to the Prime Minister is a "breach of discipline". It expressed its ire at the differences between the Ministry and the Army.
"It is very evident that while the armed forces are within civilian control and that ought to be, the equilibrium between them remains disturbed," BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
He claimed that to deal with such issues, deft political management and statecraft is required, "which this government appears to be lacking".
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