A military exercise on fog preparedness this January scared Delhi’s Central government, leaving it “spooked as never before in peace time.”
This news was flashed in the Indian Express ,India.(4th April 2012)
Of course the Government of India, through the Defence Minister and The Prime Minister have denied this.
On listening to their rebuttal, one is not convinced that they are convinced!
Another report emerged in The New,York Times of 4th of April that three Groups were planning a coup against the UPA Government at the Centre.
Vodafone led Foreign Investors’ Group is one among them.
However the report says that the idea of a coup in India is not possible.
But the first public information that Corporates are involved in an attempt is shocking,however strongly they may deny the report.
It is in the minds of News followers, especially after Scams and the cancellation of Licences of those tainted by 2 G scam by The Supreme Court of India -Giant Corporates-that they will not take this lying down.
The revelation by Radia tapes exposes the nexus between Politicians and the Business Houses.
Now when Crores are involved in Coal Scam and Tatra affair, where Army Officials were reported to have been involved and this incident comes in the wake of the feud between the Ministry of Defence and The Army Chief, the threat of a Coup seems to be real, though it may not materialize in the near future.
The Government and The Supreme Court must be vigilant and Anarchists like Anna Hazare must know that by their irresponsible behaviour are destroying the fabric of Democracy in India.
They should know how to agitate(their cause is good).
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Essentially, late on the night of January 16 (the day Army Chief General V K Singh approached the Supreme Court on his date of birth issue), central intelligence agencies reported an unexpected (and non-notified) movement by a key military unit, from the mechanised infantry based in Hisar (Haryana) as a part of the 33rd Armoured Division (which is a part of 1 Corps, a strike formation based in Mathura and commanded by Lt Gen. A K Singh) in the direction of the capital, 150 km away.
Any suspicion was still considered much too implausible, but lookouts were alerted as a routine step. This was part of a protocol put in place in June 1984 when some mutineers from Sikh units had moved towards the capital in the wake of Operation Bluestar.
The lookouts confirmed the movement of what looked like a sizeable unit. It was soon identified as an entire unit of Mechanised Infantry, with its Russian-made Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFVs), carried on 48 tank transporters. The movement was towards the capital, which was odd.
“Army’s Version.
Yes, the idea of a military-led coup in India seems far-fetched.
But, maybe it should come as no surprise that the government is a bit nervous about an overthrow attempt. After all, a number of groups are marching, literally or figuratively, towards central Delhi, with the aim of ousting the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance, or at least halting some of its activities.
Here’s a quick rundown on the groups currently advancing on the central government:
The “Third Front:”
Talk of increased coordination between India’s regional political parties has only increased after the Congress Party and Congress’s biggest rival fared poorly in recent assembly elections. The “country needs a third front, which is secular and anti-corruption,” Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said in March, adding he had already spoken to West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee, Tamil Nadu’s J. Jayalalithaa and Telugu Desam Party leader N. Chandrababu Naidu.
The Vodafone-led Foreign Investors Alliance:
So-called “regressive, retrograde” proposals in India’s latest budget have sparked a storm of outrage from foreign companies, trade groups and overseas investors. Right now the outrage has manifest itself mainly in letter-writing campaigns and behind-the-scenes harassment of Finance Ministry officials, but the next logical step is a foreign-investment retreat, which could cripple India’s already slowing economy.
Watch out for unexpected tactical manoeuvrings from a splinter group led by Christopher Hohn, feisty hedge fund manager from The Children’s Investment Fund, who is suing Coal India, a government-run company, for mispricing coal and the failure to stop rampant theft, among other issues.
The Anti-Corruption Movement, 2.0:
While Anna Hazare and his colleagues may have lost steam since the height of their anti-corruption protests last summer, there’s no reason to believe the public is any happier about corruption now. Eruption of new scandals, in areas from highways to defense spending, may fuel to a different type of grass-roots movement. Mr. Hazare, meanwhile, has not given up.
Maoist guerrillas:
Despite aggressive talk from the Congress Party about routing the Maoists, also known as Naxalites, from the great swathes of central and eastern India under their control, they are still present here. And here. And here. “We do not have a ready solution,” for the Maoist problem, Union Home secretaryR.K. Singh said this week.
The Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP:
Already present in Delhi. Not currently considered a major threat.
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