Our Army chief is a man of controversies

03 January, 2012

Our Army Chief seems to be quite handy at asking favours. First the date of birth issue and now he wants to change his discounted plot. He must know that asking favours again and again simply doesn't work out.

OUR ARMY Chief General V K Singh has just come out of the Date of Birth controversy and he has been asked to retire only in May, 2012, as per the Ministry of Defence. But he seems to be a man of controversies.

Lately, he has approached the Haryana Chief Minister and asked him if he can change his allotted plot to a corner one. Haryana government, during 2010 initiated a preference scheme for the Defence personnel to allot them plots at the discounted price.

Our General Singh under this Preference Scheme was allotted a 420 sq meters Plot at Panchkula, at a much discounted rate of Rs 22 lacs. The market price of the plot at the time of allotment stood at Rs 1.5 crores, which was about 88 % lesser. You can’t imagine the cost of the plot on this date.

Our General now has requested to change his allotted plot with a corner one, with the plea that his mother may feel suffocated within other two side plots and it might affect her health.

Supposing yet another Air Marshal, an allottee in the same area is asked to surrender or change the position of his plot whose mother also is suffering asthma, will it be possible and desirable to shift his plot; indeed not.

Our General should be happy enough to get such a big sized plot at a much discounted rate. Asking favour after favour normally does not work out.

Just imagine his position when HUDA authorities would inform him that his request can’t be completed.