Army chief should be sacked: SP and JD(U)
NEW DELHI: SP and the JD(U) wants that Army Chief should be sacked after his letter to the Prime Minister on shortage of ammunition in the forces came out in open.
While BJP was opposing it, Janata Dal-United leader Shivanand Tiwari was the first to demand the sacking of the army chief on Wednesday in Rajya Sabha.
He said, “This is a matter of serious indiscipline, the army chief should be sacked… if we don’t take an action, it can become a bad tradition”. Samajwadi Party leader Ramgopal Yadav told reporters that “responsibility should be fixed and strict action should be taken. If Gen Singh is responsible, he must be sacked and jailed”.
While BJP spokesperson Ravishankar Prasad said: “We do not share the view.”The Left and Biju Janta Dal (BJD) demanded a thorough inquiry and said strict action should be taken if found guilty.CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury said,”Examine into the leak, fix responsibility and punish whosoever is responsible,”
Mean while VK Singh has pointed out a shortage of arms and ammunition in the armed forces in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. He questioned if the country is ready for a war.The letter also states that army tanks in the country have run out of ammunition, according to reports.
