The fact that the service chiefs are ‘talking at’ instead of ‘talking to’ the angry aspirants is certainly not going to ease the already tense situation Agnipath has triggered, military analysts say.
Despite concerns over ballooning service pensions dominating the narrative during General Rawat’s tenure as CDS, the DMA and military leadership have lapsed into radio silence over the matter.
Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi on Monday reached Leh on a four-day visit to the world s highest battlefield, to review training, operational preparedness, and induction of modern weapon systems, equipment, and logistics assets under Make in India initiative.
Public disorder over Agnipath stands compounded by the lack of a CDS which, in turn had deferred the knock-on ‘transformational’ institution of Integrated Theatre Commands.