The nonchalant attitude of Government continues to be a source of discontentment for low-rank officers and jawans in armed forces. Accusing Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar of misbehaviour, as many as 10 ex-soldiers—up to the rank of Subedar Major—have threatened to commit suicide en masse at India Gate on March 27, according to a new video and a corroborating letter making the rounds on social media.
Signed by a former jawan, Harbhal Singh from Tarn Taran in Punjab, the latter claim that he got injured in a blast in Jammu and Kashmir before he retired after 15 years of service, and that a delegation of ex-soldiers was humiliated over all genuine long-standing demands by the Minister.
Harbhal Singh repeated his allegations in this video uploaded on Facebook pages run by armed forces veterans.