Former Army Chief retd Gen V K Singh joins BJP

New Delhi: Former Army Chief retired Gen V K Singh today joined BJP in the presence of party president Rajnath Singh. Wearing a regimental cap, with a tilak on his forehead, retd Gen Singh was welcomed to the party fold by Rajnath Singh. Retd Air Vice Marshal Bordoloi, Retd Commodore Awasthi also joined the BJP. Speaking to a gathering of ex-servicemen and BJP activists, the former Army Chief gave the slogan "Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, Jai Vigyan" given by former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee"In today's circumstances, only BJP seems to be the credible national alternative. We who have spent our life safeguarding the borders want to work with nationalist forces like the BJP", said retd Gen Singh. "We want to help bring a stable government which can take decisions in the national interest", said Gen Singh. Addressing the ex-servicemen, BJP president Rajnath Singh said, the defence services commands the highest respect from among the countrymen. "Our soldiers and officers are valiant. I also wanted to join the armed forces and gave the exam, but my family restrained me from the joined the forces"."It is not true that soldiers and officers do not lay their lives only during wartime. They live with their life on the sword. We face challenges of terrorism and Naxalism. "The amount of attention that should have been given to the armed forces is not being given. Sometimes I have a feeling of guilty consciousness. "Whenever I see news reports of air and navy mishaps on TV, I feel ashamed. I was ashamed on reading that INS Sindhuratna had batteries whose life had ended. It is clear that there are gaping holes in our security."Indian security system should be so airtight, that no foreign forces can put holes in our system. Our officers like Gen Singh, Air Vice Marshal Bordoloi, had been asking the government time and again for modernisation of our armed forces, but no attention was paid. "And soldiers of Pakistan army enter our borders, behead our soldiers and return. Our disciplined forces must be given full hand to deal with such murderous attackers."On one hand Chinese forces violate our LAC, and yet our Prime Minister goes and signs agreement to end ceasefire violations forcing our security forces not to react if Chinese forces violate the line."I am confident the new BJP government led by Narendrabhai will deal with such situations strongly."We can build Mangalyaan, but don't we have the technology to upgrade our defence equipments? Can't our DRDO work more efficiently? Do we continue to buy imported defence weapons, and people continue to take kickbacks. We want a transparent security system.", said Rajnath Singh.Rajnath Singh said, the government is not trying to solve the problems of ex-servicemen. "If our party comes to power, I will suggest to our PM to form an Ex-Servicemen Welfare Commission."He also said, no National War Memorial has been erected in Delhi even after 67 years of independence. Singh said, the UPA government in the last months of its 10 years rule has approved the One Rank, One Pension scheme, years after the demands were raised by ex-servicemen.

Former Army Chief retd Gen V K Singh joins BJP

New Delhi: Former Army Chief retired Gen V K Singh today joined BJP in the presence of party president Rajnath Singh. Wearing a regimental cap, with a tilak on his forehead, retd Gen Singh was

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