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Army Chief's support for Major Gogoi will boost force's morale: Defence Experts
May 29, 2017
Applauding Army chief General Bipin Rawat for defending Major Leetul
Gogoi over the human shield controversy, Defence experts on Monday said
such felicitations give morale boost to the Indian Army.
Defence
expert Major General (Retd.) P.K. Sehgal told ANI that he totally stands
by the Army Chief's statement, where the latter said his men need such
innovative ways to fight the "dirty war"
"The situation there was
very different and may be this was the only way. He came out with an
out of the box innovative solution. He thankfully succeeded. With this
decision, many people life has been saved. It was very important for the
Army Chief to say this because it increases the morale and motivation
of the Army. And plus it send as very strong message to the society. I
totally stand by it," he said.
Echoing similar views, Defence
expert Wing Commander (Retd.) Praful Bakshi told ANI that such
extraordinary situation requires an extraordinary solution and Major
Gogoi carried it out beautifully.
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