Indian Army Gen V K Singh indoctrinating Army against Defense Ministry

Defense Ministry has launched a probe into a complaint which claimed that the Army chief had deployed interceptors for clandestinely listening to important phone conversations in resentment of reprisal of his age row controversy. 

On the other hand, adding insult to injury, our Army, without any proof, in a surprise reaction that made its internal strife public, had accused the former head of the Director General of Defense Intelligence Agency (DGDIA) of 'spreading stories' that General V.K. Singh was spying on defense minister A.K. Antony and other senior officials.

Moreover, the evil intentions of Gen V K Singh to malign Defense Ministry can be interpreted by his recent statement which stated that Indian Army has left with only two days stock of ammunition if waged in war whereas conversely, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri), in its report, said India accounted for 9% of all international arms imports between 2006-2010, making it the world`s largest weapons importer. (http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-14/india/28687498_1_largest-arms-sipri-arms-imports).

Massive Infighting between Indian Army HQ and Indian Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)

NEW DELHI: Continuing to vehemently deny allegations of clandestinely tapping phones of senior defense ministry officials, the Army says strict action is being taken against the serving officers spreading such "fictitious, malicious and preposterous'' stories.
With a major-general and a colonel among other officers under the scanner in what has emerged as a bitter factional feud within the 1.13-million strong force, Army chief General V K Singh said, Necessary action will be taken against some of these officers. Our aim is that we come up with facts upfront and we don't hide them. Such fiction has to be countered.''
The raging controversy revolves around Army's alleged tapping of some sensitive phones in the national Capital through misuse of listening devices and "off-the-air interceptors'', especially during the recent tussle between the defence ministry and Gen Singh over the latter's date of birth.
The Army HQ has directly accused a former director general of Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), Lt-Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh, and some other ``disgruntled'' serving and retired military intelligence officers of ``fabricating the fiction'' that a covert Army unit had spied on MoD officials during the prolonged stand-off.
It even accused Lt-Gen Tejinder Singh of offering bribes on behalf of a foreign military vehicle supplier that has a tie-up with a defence PSU. The retired DIA chief has dismissed the charges as ``ridiculous'' and even threatened to take the Army chief to court to clear his name.
This is just the latest in the unseemly controversies dogging the Army, which even saw Gen V K Singh drag the government to court over his age in the first-ever such move by a military chief. Apart from the Army itself being divided down the ranks, the controversies have sharpened the civil-military divide in South Block even further.Internal differences in Army units are aggravating the situation and adversaries are making one another scapegoat which is making everybody demented.

Gen V K Singh feuling Indian Army Against the Civil Government-Proofs Unvieled

The birth date controversy has been on the simmer for over a year. The Adjutant General's branch which deals with manpower has issued recorded General Singh's date of birth as May 10, 1951 but the Military Secretary's branch that deals with promotions and postings recorded it as May 10, 1950. General Singh insists 1951 is his correct date of birth and calls 1950 a clerical error but, after considering the stark response of Defense Ministry over his age controversy, Indian Army General V K Singh, in order to save his reputation, has come up with another gambit of a compromising formula for the Government with his recent assertions of terming it a battle for honor and not tenure. The suggestion is that he would resign on time if the ministry accepted 1951 as his year of birth. What a joke!!

Well, rumors swirling around the corridors of South Block say General Singh may resign ahead of his retirement date if he feels his battle is lost. But, clearly, the personal crusade has hobbled his options. In 1961, General K.S. Thimayya resigned as Army chief. Thimayya's reasons were never personal. He was dissatisfied with the Army's poor preparation against China and defense minister V.K. Krishna Menon's neglect of adequate equipment. General Thimayya was persuaded to withdraw his resignation by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. In the case of the present Army chief, however, things are different. "There is no interest in this case except self-interest," says a senior Army officer.

Whoever wins at the end of this bitter controversy, the outcome will have substantially diminished one of the nation's great institutions. It can lead to what the Army uses to describe a depleted war machine-hollowness.