Himachal CM: Will sue Army if it doesn't apologise

April 16, 2012 17:02

The battle between the army and Himachal Pradesh government over the control of Annandale Ground in Shimla has flared up with the western command citing national security reasons for not letting the area to be used for "games and gimmicks" and accusing the administration of working at the behest of land mafia to build a cricket stadium ignoring forest cover near the ground.Piqued by the army's barb, chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal threatened to take the Army to court for defamation.

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