Age row could have been avoided: Gen Singh

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 08, 2012, 12:08

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Age row could have been avoided: Gen Singh

Thiruvananthapuram: Army Chief General VK Singh on Tuesday said he wished the controversy over his age could have been avoided.

Asked what he feels over the issue, sad or angry, the general replied, "I want to look at it as something that could have been avoided."

When asked who, he shot back, “By everybody."

Gen Singh arrived here on a two-day visit Monday and attended the release of a book, "North-East Trilogy", written by Dipti Bhalla and Kunal Verma.

The book was released by Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy.

In response to another question, Gen Singh said corruption had always been a major issue and people were fighting corruption everywhere.

"Our thrust is in transparency and probity and to ensure middlemen's wrong practices are checked. Defects in purchases ... the Army takes action and we ensure it is corrected.

"Changes in the entire system are required," he added.

Earlier, Gen Singh and his wife prayed at the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple and the nearby Ganapathy temple here.

IANS

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First Published: Tuesday, May 08, 2012, 12:08

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Shashi Prakash - Lucknow
While I believe general has good intentions and thinks of country first that is why he raised so many issues and became quite a thorn for quite a few people, the arms lobby, beurocrates, politicians, and some others, he should now be prepared to face some tough times ahead after his retirement. I think they already have plans to ``teach`` an honest general a lesson or two since he has created problems for them. My good luck and best wishes to him for his post retirement life and hopefully he continues to do some good work for country. Good people like him were never ever needed so much as as much as we do them now.

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D.N.MAKHIJA - DELHI......................INDIA
WE LOVE CORRUPTS AND CRIMINALS NOT THE HONEST AND GOOD PEOPLE.......................THERE SEEMS TO BE REAL PAIN IN THE HEART OF OUR RESPECTED GENERAL....