‘Maligning Our Brave Hearts,’ says Congress of BJP’s Criticism of Ex-army Chief Deepak Kapoor

GG News Bureau

New Delhi, 9th Jan. The Congress on Monday slammed the BJP for criticising former Army chief General Deepak Kapoor after he took part in the Bharat Jodo Yatra, and accused the ruling party of “maligning brave hearts”.

On Sunday, Gen (retd) Kapoor and many retired top defense officers joined Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra,’ which was passing through Haryana.

BJP IT department head Amit Malviya tweeted a photo of Gen Kapoor walking alongside Rahul Gandhi during the Yatra in Haryana, saying, “Ex-Army Chief Gen Deepak Kapoor joined Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra. Kapoor was indicted in the Adarsh scam along with other senior Army officers.”

“The inquiry committee had opined that they may be debarred from holding any Govt position or office for shaming the Armed Forces,” the BJP leader said Sunday.

Supriya Shrinate, the head of the Congress’ social media department, lashed out at Malviya, saying, “General Kapoor, a war veteran of the 1971 Indo-Pak war, recipient of PVSM, AVSM, VSM and Sena Medal among a host of other awards, served our nation from 1967 to 2010 for four decades. You should be ashamed of yourself for maligning our brave hearts. Pity you and your sorry existence.”

Congress general secretary in charge of communications Jairam Ramesh tweeted Monday, tagging Shrinate’s tweet, “Do you really expect anything better from such a sick and depraved(& deprived) mind?”

Pawan Khera, the head of Congress’ media department, responded to Malviya’s remarks, saying, “His boss had stooped to another level when he accused General Deepak Kapoor & Dr Manmohan Singh of plotting with ISI to defeat him in Gujarat in 2017. Jaitley had to apologise in the House for these remarks.”

The Congress said in a tweet about Kapoor and other Army veterans’ participation on Sunday, “Ex-COAS (chief of Army staff) Gen Deepak Kapoor, Lt Gen R K Hooda, Lt Gen VK Narula, AM (air marshal) PS Bhangu, Maj Gen Satbir Singh Chaudhary, Maj Gen Dharmender Singh, Col Jitender Gill, Col Pushpender Singh, Lt Gen DDS Sandhu, Maj Gen Bishamber Dayal, Col Rohit Chaudhry join @RahulGandhi at the Bharat Jodo Yatra.”

On September 30, 2007, Gen Kapoor (retd) was appointed Chief of Army Staff.