10-09-2006, 09:30 PM
Captain Kumar,
I am of the view that Democratic rights should be used with a measure of responsibility. In this case, the exercise of freedom of speech and expression by former members of the Armed Forces is under discussion, if I have correctly understood. The survey may have been prompted by the recent sensational interview by a former high ranking officer about the Kargil affair.
If that is the context, it is a very complex issue and in my view, the nation has a right to know what he has said. There is nothing secret in it as it deals with a past event. If what he said is really true, then it is necessary to take corrective measures, so that in the future nothing goes wrong, or at least the same mistake does not get repeated.
I am of the view that Democratic rights should be used with a measure of responsibility. In this case, the exercise of freedom of speech and expression by former members of the Armed Forces is under discussion, if I have correctly understood. The survey may have been prompted by the recent sensational interview by a former high ranking officer about the Kargil affair.
If that is the context, it is a very complex issue and in my view, the nation has a right to know what he has said. There is nothing secret in it as it deals with a past event. If what he said is really true, then it is necessary to take corrective measures, so that in the future nothing goes wrong, or at least the same mistake does not get repeated.