'Don't drag Army into politics': Rajnath flays Rahul; row erupts over '10%' remark

NEW DELHI: Defence curate Rajnath Singh connected Wednesday deed retired astatine Congress person Rahul Gandhi implicit his remarks connected the army, accusing him of trying to resistance the equipped forces into politics. Campaigning successful Jamui for the upcoming Bihar polls, Rajnath said Rahul was “trying to make anarchy” successful the state by demanding preservation successful the defence forces, and warned him, "Do not resistance the service into politics.

” “What has happened to Rahul ji? He is present raising the contented of reservations successful the defence forces. This is thing but an effort to make anarchy successful the country. Our forces basal supra specified divisions,” Rajnath said. He added that for soldiers, determination was lone 1 religion, Sainya Dharma. “There should beryllium reservations. We enactment reservations and person fixed them to the poor. But erstwhile it comes to the army, our soldiers travel lone 1 faith, Sainya Dharma.

There is nary different religion beyond this. Do not bring authorities into the army. Whenever the federation has faced a crisis, our soldiers person made India arrogant with their courageousness and valour,” the defence curate said.

Rajnath’s remarks came successful effect to Rahul Gandhi’s connection a time earlier, wherever helium alleged that the country’s apical 10 per cent “control the army.” Addressing a rally successful Aurangabad, Rahul had said, “Ninety per cent of the radical travel from highly backward, backward, Dalit and Adivasi communities,” adding that these groups, contempt forming the majority, stay mostly excluded from positions of powerfulness and privilege.