VK Singh tried to deny me promotion via false charges: Army Chief
August 18, 2016  10:03
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In the first instance of a serving Army chief speaking out against a predecessor and a serving minister, General Dalbir Singh, Chief of Army Staff, has accused General (retired) V K Singh, Minister of State for External Affairs, of trying to stall his promotion "with mysterious design, malafide intent and to arbitrarily punish' him for "extraneous reasons'.

In an affidavit submitted in his personal capacity to the Supreme Court Wednesday, General Dalbir Singh has said that in 2012 "I was sought to be victimised by the then COAS' General V K Singh "with the sole purpose of denying me promotion to the appointment of Army Commander'."False, baseless and imaginary allegations of lapses were levelled against me in the show cause notice' of May 19, 2012 and consequent imposition of an "illegal' discipline and vigilance (DV) ban, the Army chief has stated in his affidavit.

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