New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
on Thursday refused to comment on the controversy over the age of
Army chief VK Singh.
"It is a sensitive issue. I do not want to comment," he
said on the sidelines of a function to launch the book 'The
Tribune 13 Years: A Witness to History.
The Army chief has filed a writ petition in the Supreme
Court seeking direction to the government that his date of
birth on military records be treated as May 10, 1951 and not
1950.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, January 19, 2012, 22:29