Govt to compromise with Army Chief over age row: Sources
  • 5 years ago
The Govt is going all out to reach a compromise with an upset Army Chief before the row over his age gets even uglier. Sources have told NewsX that the govt is mulling offering the Army Chief a plum post if he agrees to retire this year. One of the positions being considered by the govt, is the post of the Chief of Defence Staff, a post which was first mooted after the Kargil War, but has been lying in cold storage ever since. According to sources, the govt believes that the post of CDS would make the issue of when General Singh retires as Army Chief irrelevant. For More Log on to -- http://alpha.newsx.com