The Citizen Lead: Former Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt General Vijay Oberoi writes on the mismanagement of the Pathankot Ops. "Maybe the major reasons for the NSA to take such a decision were one or all of three, viz. ‘ego’ to show himself as a better professional than others; deliberately belittling the only force that matters in our country, viz. the army to tackle such challenges; and taking credit later by proving that a force under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) was as good, forgetting that the cutting edge of the NSG also consists of only army personnel, albeit curiously commanded by a police officer! "

The Citizen Lead: Former Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt General Vijay Oberoi writes on the mismanagement of the Pathankot Ops. "Maybe the major reasons for the NSA to take such a decision were one or all of three, viz. ‘ego’ to show himself as a better professional than others; deliberately belittling the only force that matters in our country, viz. the army to tackle such challenges; and taking credit later by proving that a force under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) was as good, forgetting that the cutting edge of the NSG also consists of only army personnel, albeit curiously commanded by a police officer! "

PATHANKOT, WHERE COMPETENCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY BECAME ALIENS

CHANDIGARH: For India, the present New Year is different than most other countries. While the world welcomed the New Year with cheers; all round revel

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