Mumbai: Taking a strong stand against opposition the new Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat said that he stays ‘very far’ away from politics.
His reaction comes after his comments on the Citizenship Amendment Act have triggered a row as he criticized the arson and violence during the protests and said that “leaders are not those who lead people in inappropriate direction”.
He said, “We stay far away from politics, very far. We have to work according to the directions of the Government in power.”
Asked about how there will be synergy between Army, Navy and Air Force, he said, “We will do some work on our own without looking at the Western model. There should not be one plus one plus one three. He has to give five or seven results.
General Bipin Rawat was named CDS on 31 December before retiring from the post of Army Chief. The post was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech.
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