He also hinted at intelligence failure as a reason for the increasing incidents of infiltration and rise in militant activities in the border districts of strife-torn Jammu and Kashmir.
The former General denied the army was politicised and stressed that as an institution it is apolitical.
Asked about his sharing the dais in Haryana with Bharatiya Janata Party prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the former army chief said it was not a political meeting.
He said it was a meeting to support ex-servicemen and Modi did not talk politics.
