V K Singh says Omar has an 'agenda', attacks SC's decision on his age row
Former Army Chief, Gen (retd) V K Singh, alleged that incumbent Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh might be targeting him. (PTI)A day after the Ministry of Defence said it would take "further actions" after examining a top Army panel's report detailing alleged dubious operations of an intelligence unit set up by Gen (retd) V K Singh, the former Army Chief launched a no-holds-barred attack on Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, criticised the Supreme Court, and alleged that incumbent Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh might be targeting him.
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"The Chief Minister, Honourable Chief Minister and the venerable Chief Minister, knows the type of stability work that has been done. What he is saying now is purely motivated. It is his personal agenda and it is exactly what he has been doing for the last so many years by shooting off his mouth for nothing. Whatever has been happening in Jammu & Kashmir has purely been attributable to misgovernance shown by him," Singh said.
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Singh's attack on Omar Abdullah came after The Indian Express reported on Saturday that the Army's Technical Services Division (TSD) had allegedly tapped the phones of the Chief Minister and his Cabinet colleagues during the protracted faceoff in 2011 between the government and the Army over the Armed Forces Special Powers Act.
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The Indian Express report did not quote Omar Abdullah.
Singh, who has refused to respond to queries from The Indian Express, also said that Omar was "talking like this" because of approaching "elections" and his "agenda".
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"All that the Army has done in Jammu & Kashmir has been to stabilise the situation. They could not even think of diverting the attention of the youth. It's the Army which came up with the idea of KPL, Kashmir Premier League, so that people could go and take time out to watch and play cricket. Similarly, lot of youth activities and lot of civic activities were launched. Are these for toppling governments? What are they talking about? I really don't know such responsible people can talk like this. Of course, elections are coming near. He has his agenda. I am quite sure if you were to check up who all from the Army have met him in recent times, you will come to know why he has said this at this particular time," he said.
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