Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat gets a snub from fellow General over surgical strike hype
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NEW DELHI - Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat got a snub from a fellow General over creating hype on issue of surgical strike.
General Rawat on Saturday dismissed as "individual person's perception" the remarks made by former Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General (retired) DS Hooda that there were over hype about the so called self claimed 2016 surgical strikes carried out in Pakistan.
Hooda has triggered a major controversy by saying that constant maintenance of hype around the military operations was unwarranted.
Attending an event in Chandigarh on Friday, he said in response to a question that "in hindsight, it would have been better had we done it (surgical strikes) secretly."
Asked about the remarks made by Hooda, General Rawat told ANI on Saturday: "These are individual person's perception. So let's not comment on them."
The Army Chief noted that Hooda was "one of the main persons involved in the conduct of these operations. So, I respect his words very much."
Hooda, however, maintained on Saturday that there was too much hype about the surgical strikes.
