BJP today voiced serious concerns over comments of former DGMO Lt Gen A K Choudhary that there may have been "distrust" between the Army and the government in connection with movement of Army units near Delhi in 2012.

Senior party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said though the government lacks trust deficit in all sectors, the distrust with the army was never comprehended.

"The distrust between the government and the army is a matter of serious concern. Army protects the nation and assures to protects its citizen. If this type of reports come, it is a matter of serious concern," he told reporters outside Parliament.

"We need to correct it and we will correct it if we come to power", Prasad said.

Choudhary's comments have triggered a fresh controversy over the movement of army units close to Delhi in 2012.

"There was misconception or there was perceptional difference or there may be distrust," Choudhary said today after he was quoted in an interview, saying that the then Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma had asked him to send the troops back as the government at the highest level was "worried" over this. However, National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon has dismissed the notion that there was distrust between the government and the army.

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