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Andaman Nicobar Command chief Vice Admiral Bimal Verma has once again moved the armed forces tribunal (AFT) to challenge his supersession for the Navy chief’s post after the defence ministry failed to respond to his statutory complaint within 10 days.
Vice Adm Verma, in New Delhi to attend the naval commanders’ conference inaugurated by defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman today, had earlier on April 9 withdrawn his petition after AFT told him to follow due procedure by first lodging his statutory complaint with the MoD
The government on March 23 had announced that Eastern Naval Command chief Vice Admiral Karambir Singh, who is six months junior to Vice Admiral Verma, will take over as the next Navy chief from Admiral Sunil Lanba after he retires on May 31.
Vice Admiral Verma’s case is the second such supersession by the NDA government, which had bypassed two senior Lt-Generals (Praveen Bakshi and P M Hariz) to appoint General Bipin Rawat as the Army chief in December 2016
