More than 150 retired soldiers wrote a letter to the President about the political use of the army

More than 150 retired soldiers wrote a letter to the President about the political use of the armyh forme army chiefs and 148 other former soldiers have written a letter to President Ramnath Kovind, expressing resentment over the use of the Armed Forces for political purposes. In the letter, these former soldiers wrote, "Sir, we are referring to the unusual and totally rejected process of leaders in which they are taking credit for military operations such as cross border attacks and even the Armed Forces" 'There are claims to tell.'

According to PTI, those who are signed on the letter include former Army Chief General SF Rodriguez (Retd), General Shankar Roychowdhury (retired) and General Deepak Kapoor (retired) and former Chief of the Air Force Air Chief Marshal NC Suri (retired). Are. Apart from these, three former naval chiefs Admiral El Ramadoss, Admiral Arun Prakash, Admiral Mehta and Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat (all retired) have also signed the letter.servicemen have said that it is a matter of concern and dissatisfaction between the serving and retired soldiers that the Armed Forces are being used to run a political agenda. He expressed his displeasure over the use of photographs of present and other soldiers, congratulating pilots of Indian Air Force in election campaigning.

Significantly, Uttar Pradesh's Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath recently described the Armed Forces as the 'army of Modiji' in an election rally. The Election Commission had strongly objected with the opposition parties on this.