FROM CLOSE QUARTERS

The media is highlighting Lt. Col. Purohit and maligning the image of the defence services. Why should the Army be made to be feel ashamed for a deed of one unworthy officer which otherwise is the deed of one and many in the Civil Lineup? We in the Army hold our head high and discard such rotten apples and put our house in order.

Erstwhile COAS, General Sankar Roy Choudhary, in a interview with one of the news channel, was very vehement in conveying that the Army has failed in abetting such incidence despite that such in-house systems exist to check and monitor such activities, but then we are the only organisation which is transparent in dealing with such cases and to set our house in order. We beleive that this criticism is made with the intend to set our house in order.

Much is being made out of the involvement of the Army and the media has left no stone unturned to point the fingers at the benevolent force that guards its traditions of valour and Service before Self.

The defence services is not corrupt and we believe in preserving our honour and integrity which is deeply rooted with the aim to protect the interest of the Nation. It is only the army which is the last resort for overcoming all failures and preserving the fabric of the nation. It is in the best interest of the Nation that defence services are kept ahead of petty politics and bureaucratic dominance.