Monday, 5 January 2015

Keep Defence Institutions away from politics

Coast Guard has done a wonderful job by intercepting an unknown boat and followed all procedures to neutralize the treat perception. While defending a Nation the Defence Forces do not have the luxury of analyzing whether the approaching object (in this case a boat) is a terrorist or a smuggler or a tourist. As per the operating procedure if the approaching boat has disobeyed the Coast Guard warnings, the Coast Guard has no choice but to isolate the boat and ask them to surrender. It is not the concern of Coast Guard, why the men on the boat decided to blow the boat and commit suicide instead of surrendering. That is for future investigation.

If the Coast Guard and the Defence Ministry had come out without a statement, things would have been put to rest.  The problem started with BJP spokesmen started talking about the incident even before Coast Guard or Defence Ministry statement as a Media event. That is where all politicians, opinion leaders came in. It will good for India if all political parties including the ruling party keep away from Government functioning.


Unfortunately, all politicians instead of patting the good work of Coast Guard has demoralized all defence forces. 

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