If Seniority Only Criterion, Even A Computer Would Have Selected An Army Chief: Manohar Parrikar

Lt Gen Bipin Rawat is flanked by Lt Gen PM Hariz Lt Gen Praveen Bakshi. The appointment of Lt Gen Rawat had caused a huge political controversy with the Congress and CPI-M slamming the government of having ignored the seniority process



NEW DELHI: Stressing that due procedures were "perfectly followed" by the government in appointing the new Army Chief, Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar