This is the first time in the history of independent India and more than 200 years of history of the Indian Army that a retired Chief had to write to the PM about the gross injustice done by the pay commission at the connivance of the corrupt and inefficient IAS clique. It is pathetic that a former judge of the Supreme Court put his signatures to the report prepared for him by the IAS officers attached to the Commission. He has brought the judiciary also in disrepute and the people's faith in their sense of justice and fair play has been badly shaken. Let us hope justice is done to our soldiers, sailors and airmen and they can keep on working with their traditional dedication and discipline so that we can continue to live in freedom and security. History is replete with examples of how for centuries we were subjugated and ruled by foreigners because we did not have a united and strong army. Now that we have one that was gifted to us by the British when they left, let us not destroy it but save it from the IAS clique and the indifference of the politicians which is evident from the fact that the defence debate took place in the Lok Sabha after a gap of ten years and even that was thinly attended by every party.We cannot trust the politicians, only peoples'voice in support of our defence personnel will save our country from the enemies within while soldiers save us from the enemy outside our borders.
