Narendra Modi First Prime Minister to Acknowledge Indian Military Contribution

The Indian army right from the days of Nehru was given short shrift by Nehru and other Congress politicians. These politicians not only denigrated the Indian armed forces but never acknowledged that the Indian army was a factor in Indian polity. Nehru required a kick from the Chinese to realize that he was wrong and by that time the sands of time had run out for him and he died a broken man in body and spirit. His reputation was in tatters as he realized that he was at best a loser.

However the neglect of the armed forces continued and right up to the time of the stooge ManMohan Singh, there was no change in thinking. Indian leaders going abroad studiously avoided visiting any memorial to the Indian army outside and even at home they never wanted a war memorial. Manmohan Singh will go down in history as one of the most incompetent prime ministers, a man who behaved as if he was Man Friday of the Gandhi family. His character can be gauged from the fact that he joined the very party that had engineered the massacre of Sikhs in Delhi in 1984 and he was a Sikh himself. To expect this man to acknowledge the Indian military is like asking for the moon.

The record of 67 years was set right by Narendra Modi. This man is the first Indian who acknowledged the army as a national institution. His visit to the war graves memorial at Nouveau Chateau in France , the first by an Indian Prime Minister is something to be cherished. Here is a acknowledgment that the army is part of the Indian nation, something the Congress leaders never did. he has also praised the record of the Indian army in the First World war. Indians led by the Congress party had forgotten and never been told that victory over the Ottoman empire was entirely by units of eeh Indian army. Field marshal Allenby has himself acknowledged it.

Modi has also formulated plans for a war memorial and his approval of One Rank One Pension is a feather in his cap. He is the one leader who has given respect to the man in uniform. Its sad that Nehru and his ilk thought otherwise. History will dam them, but 67 years of neglect is something that cannot be forgotten.  Nehru allowed his distrust of the army to override state policy. The result? Indian lost 2/3 of Kashmir and Aksai Chin and  failed to confront China. One wonders, what Nehru had in mind. Even leaders after Nehru continued a policy of not caring for the soldier.