New Delhi: India is ready for a ‘two-and-a-half front war’, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat has said referring to Pakistan, China and the internal conflicts, ANI reported.
In an interview to the news agency, Gen Rawat said he was confident the situation in Kashmir would soon normalise.
“We are raising our modernisation issues with the Government of India. The discussions are going well,” Rawat told ANI.
A political slugfest over the Army chief was triggered recently when former CPI (M) general secretary Prakash Karat criticised General Rawat over the handling of Kashmir protests.
Karat, in a piece written in the party organ 'People's Democracy', had said that General Rawat was reflecting the views of the Narendra Modi government, which according to him was "using force to suppress the people of Kashmir who are voicing their political protest."
The Marxist veteran had objected to Rawat's interview in which he had suggested it would have been easier for the armed forces if the protesters were firing weapons instead of throwing stones. Karat said the statement was a needless provocation and was "unbecoming of a senior Army officer."
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