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Air Marshal P Ahluwalia,
Former Commander-in-Chief of Western Command
The law will take its own course. If the CBI has acted against former Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi, then one hopes they have done so on the basis of conclusive evidence. The only evidence that can be there is the money trail. Everything else is hearsay. There is no doubt about it that the entire trial could have been conducted in a more transparent and a more timely manner. Justice delayed is justice denied. Not only does it affect his reputation, but it also casts aspersions on the character and integrity of the whole Air Force. To the men in the ranks, they look up to leadership as they who can do no wrong. This is the discipline needed to win a war. So one hopes that if the CBI has acted in this manner, it has enough evidence to sentence him.
General VP Malik,
19th Chief of Army Staff
I do not have any idea of the deal or how it was made, but the charge that the qualitative requirements were tinkered with does not seem correct. This is because such tinkering cannot take place by only one person. To that extent, one cannot blame him alone. The files required for such approvals carry everybody’s signatures. There is no process by which the Chief alone makes the change. At most a Chief can make recommendations, he cannot impose. So the allegation that he tampered with the General Staff Qualitative Requirements (GSQR)—which is fixed after detailed discussion with stakeholders and trade after which it is put up to the General Staff Equipment Policy Committee (GSEPC)— one finds it quite hard to believe.
