Congress on Wednesday sought immediate dismissal of Gen (Retd) V K Singh from the Council of Ministers over his tweets against next Army Chief Dalbir Singh Suhag, alleging that he had made "highly derogatory" remarks against the armed forces. <br /><br />"Even after his own government has indicted him (V K Singh), the language used by him in a tweet this morning is highly derogatory. To call a next Chief of Army Staff a criminal and those working under him in the forces as dacoits is not acceptable. <br /><br />"I hope government will take note of this and he will be dismissed from the Council of Ministers immediately," senior Congress leader Amarinder Singh, himself a former army man, said in the Lok Sabha. <br /><br />Describing the 1.3 million strong army as the third largest in the world and a "highly disciplined force", he said promotion of people to become the army chief was done "according to seniority". <br /><br />The Congress demand came a day after the government challenged the basis of then army chief V K Singh's decision to impose a disciplinary ban on Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag in 2012. <br /><br />The former Army chief-turned-Union Minister of State sought to justify his action in a series of tweets. <br /><br />He tweeted: "If unit kills innocents, does dacoity and then head of organisation tries to protect them, should he not be blamed? Criminals should go free!! (sic)" <br /><br />The Defence Ministry, in an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court, described V K Singh's action as illegal, extraneous and premeditated.<br /><br /><br />For More information on this news visit: http://www.itvnewsindia.com/<br />For More information on this news, visit: http://www.indianews.ind.in/<br />Connect with us on Social platform at: http://www.facebook.com/IndiaNewsTV<br />Subscribe to our You Tube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/itvnewsindia<br />Connect with us on Social platform at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/India-News/371196196360607
