Thread by @ColSanjayPande

1/n MILITARY ETHOS #MilitaryIAmClean RESULTS

Question was
#MilitaryIAmClean Do you consider “an officer manipulating to get all promotions and just before retirement ‘managing’ to get ‘DISABLED’ to get enhanced pension as the most unsoldierly act and EMBEZZLEMENT"?

2/n MILITARY ETHOS #MilitaryIAmClean RESULTS

And the RESPONSES were

1. ABSOLUTELY, he is a cheat-76%

2. No, he fooled the system-14%

3. No, he is smart-5.8%

4. Sannu ki, te, sadda ki-4.3%

3/n MILITARY ETHOS #MilitaryIAmClean RESULTS

76% call such officers ‘CHEAT’

14%+5.8% agree but avoid using word ‘CHEAT’

WHOPPING 95.8% agree its EMBEZZLEMENT @PMOIndia

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The voting was done by everyone on twitter without distinction of being a Veteran or a Civilian. The responses hence are a reaction by the society and reflects its consciousness.

Should we not have reaction exclusively from Veterans now?

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There is a larger good in this exercise. Twitter is a place where civilians, youth and those interested come to interact with Veterans.
MILITARY ETHOS are taught in Academy and followed by all including Veterans.
We must ask them, right?

6/n MILITARY ETHOS #MilitaryIAmClean
In order to give everyone a fair chance, I will search for ALL Retired Army Chiefs and ALL Retired Lt Gens on Twitter today & 'Follow' all of them today.

I will tweet them by directly tagging them & ask their opinion and few more questions.

7/n MILITARY ETHOS #MilitaryIAmClean
This simple exercise will bring the common ethos and views of Generals and Lt Gens on Twitter.

Can an exercise be more transparent?

Please wait, in next few hours my tweets will be up.

@PMOIndia will be tagged hereafter for all tweets.

8/n MILITARY ETHOS #MilitaryIAmClean

I did lot of search on twitter and could identify Two Retired Generals and 15 Retired Lt Gens. I have 'Followed" all of them except Gen V P Malik @Vedmalik1 who has blocked me.

These gentlemen are epitome of military ethos.

9/n MILITARY ETHOS #MilitaryIAmClean

The issue raised by me tarnishes image of Indian Army and hence it is necessary that the Veterans come together to restore. Issue is 'Faking a Disability' before retirement to draw Tax Free Disability Pension over and above normal pension.

10/n MILITARY ETHOS #MilitaryIAmClean

I will individually address the tweet and couple of questions to the following:

1. Gen V K Singh (Retd) @Gen_VKSingh 6330 Tweets
2. Gen V P Malik (Retd) @Vedmalik1 5088 Tweets
3. Lt Gen H S Panag (Retd) @rwac48 126.6K Tweets
contd....

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Contd....
4. Lt Gen A K Singh @AK7CAV 11.5K Tweets
5. Lt Gen Gyan Bhushan (Retd) @bhushan_gyan 50.6K Tweets
6. Lt Gen Ata Hasnain (Retd) @atahasnain53 17.9K Tweets
7. Lt Gen K J S Dhillon (Retd) @Tiny_Dhillon 11K Tweets

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Contd...
8. Lt Gen Gurmit Singh (Retd) @LtGenGurmit 9885 Tweets
9. Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia (Retd) @Ptr6Vb 3396 Tweets
10. Lt Gen Satish Dua (Retd) @TheSatishDua 9291 Tweets
11. Lt Gen Prakash Menon (Retd) @prakashmenon51 1870 Tweets

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Contd...
12. Lt Gen Dushyant Singh (Retd) @dushy40098 1097 Tweets
13. Lt Gen Rameshwar Roy (Retd) @LtGen_Roy 5566 Tweets
14. Lt Gen Z U Shah (Retd) @zoomshah 599 Tweets
15. Lt Gen A K Bakshi (Retd) @AkBakshi 248 Tweets

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Contd....
16. Lt Gen D P Sehgal (Retd) @PashaSehgal 15.4K Tweets
17. Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd) @palepurshankar 4260 Tweets

My deep and sincere apologies if I have missed a Retired Lt Gen. I have followed all the 17 gentlemen stated above.

10/n MILITARY ETHOS #MilitaryIAmClean
Please intimate if anyone reading this thread knows about a Lt Gen (Retired) who I have missed.
I will approach each of these honourable gentlemen to seek their opinion. I will tweet & tag @PMOIndia
I will put a summary of replies too.

11/n
Added following Lt Gens :
18. Lt Gen Balbir Sandhu (Retd) @BalbirLt 435 Tweets
19. Lt Gen KJ Singh (Retd) @kayjay34350 53.8K Tweets
20. Lt Gen Prakash Katoch (Retd) @KatochPrakash 17.7K Tweets
21. Lt Gen Rakesh Sharma (Retd) @rakesharma15 263 Tweets

17/n Previous two tweets had incorrect numbers. This is 17th tweet of this thread:
Added three Generals and two more Lt Gens :

22. Lt Gen Ghanshyam Katoch (Retd) @GKatoch1 415 Tweets
23. Lt Gen D S Hooda (Retd) @LtGenHooda 14 Tweets

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17/n Previous two tweets had incorrect numbers. This is 17th tweet of this thread:

24. Gen J J Singh (Retd) @GenJJSingh 57 Tweets
25. Gen N C Vij (Retd) @GenVij 2 Tweets
26. Gen Bikram Singh (Retd) 0 Tweets

19/n Please remember the following:
1. Number of tweets given is to know how active they are on Twitter. I do not expect any response from anyone with less than 1000 tweets.
2. I have no idea of their seniority, arm/service, academy or type of entry.
3. To me, they represent.....

20/n
...Indian Army and will give correct response for the overall good of army.
4. I trust them to uphold highest traditions and ethos of the Army for every one to emulate.

Tomorrow, I shall pose simple questions to them regarding "FAKING DISABILITY TO DRAW ADDITIONAL PENSION"

21/n I have put forward a generic point why this? 👉@ColSanjayPande
I wouldn’t like to comment and pass judgement ,on a brother officer, on a public platform. If he is at fault the system will take care of it. Let’s not cut our nose to spite our face.

https://twitter.com/zoomshah/status/1404534608239095808?s=20

👈

22/n No where in this entire thread is the issue about people, it is about a 'poll' to which Twitter Community responded. My questions to General, 1. Which 'brother officer' is he referring to? 2. 'If he is at fault', who is 'he'? 3. Which 'system' is being referred to?

23/n I have divided list of 26 Generals and Lt Gens in two parts, those who have more than 2000 tweets (126.6K Tweets by @rwac48 !!!!!) & those with less than 2000 tweets. @zoomshah has just 599 Tweets hence extremely low on participation in debates on Twitter.

24/n Lt Gen H S Panag (Retd) @rwac48
(126.6K Tweets-Number 1 by Tweets)

Respected General,

1. Do you agree with the poll results?

2. Do you think last 30 years data be investigated ?

3. Can a Public Institution be put beyond Public Scrutiny?

25/n Lt Gen KJ Singh (Retd) @kayjay34350
(53.8K Tweets-Number 2 by tweets)

Respected General,

1. Do you agree with the poll results?

2. Do you think last 30 years data be investigated ?

3. Can a Public Institution be put beyond Public Scrutiny?

Your response is requested.

26/n Lt Gen Gyan Bhushan (Retd) @bhushan_gyan
(50.6K Tweets-No. 3 by Tweets)

Respected General,

1. Do you agree with the poll results?

2. Do you think last 30 years data be investigated ?

3. Can a Public Institution be put beyond Public Scrutiny?

Your response is requested.

27/n Lt Gen Ata Hasnain (Retd) @atahasnain53
(17.9K Tweets-No. 4 by Tweets)

Respected General,

1. Do you agree with the poll results?

2. Do you think last 30 years data be investigated ?

3. Can a Public Institution be put beyond Public Scrutiny?

Your response is requested.

28/n Lt Gen P Katoch (Retd) @KatochPrakash
(17.7K Tweets-No. 5 by Tweets)

Respected General,

1. Do you agree with the poll results?

2. Do you think last 30 years data be investigated ?

3. Can a Public Institution be put beyond Public Scrutiny?

Your response is requested.

29/n Lt Gen D P Sehgal (Retd) @PashaSehgal
(15.4K Tweets-No. 6 by Tweets)

Respected General,

1. Do you agree with the poll results?

2. Do you think last 30 years data be investigated ?

3. Can a Public Institution be put beyond Public Scrutiny?

Your response is requested.

30/n Lt Gen A K Singh @AK7CAV
(11.5K Tweets-No. 7 by Tweets)

Respected General,

1. Do you agree with the poll results?

2. Do you think last 30 years data be investigated ?

3. Can a Public Institution be put beyond Public Scrutiny?

Your response is requested.

31/n Lt Gen K J S Dhillon (Retd) @Tiny_Dhillon
(11K Tweets-No. 8 by Tweets)

Respected General,

1. Do you agree with the poll results?

2. Do you think last 30 years data be investigated ?

3. Can a Public Institution be put beyond Public Scrutiny?

Your response is requested.

32/n Lt Gen Gurmit Singh (Retd) @LtGenGurmit
(9885 Tweets-No. 9 by Tweets)

Respected General,

1. Do you agree with the poll results?

2. Do you think last 30 years data be investigated ?

3. Can a Public Institution be put beyond Public Scrutiny?

Your response is requested.

33/n Lt Gen Satish Dua (Retd) @TheSatishDua
(9291 Tweets-No. 10 by Tweets)

Respected General,

1. Do you agree with the poll results?

2. Do you think last 30 years data be investigated ?

3. Can a Public Institution be put beyond Public Scrutiny?

Your response is requested.

34/n Gen V K Singh (Retd) @Gen_VKSingh
(6330 Tweets-No. 11 by Tweets)

Respected General,

1. Do you agree with the poll results?

2. Do you think last 30 years data be investigated ?

3. Can a Public Institution be put beyond Public Scrutiny?

Your response is requested.

35/n Lt Gen Rameshwar Roy (Retd) @LtGen_Roy 5566 Tweets-No. 12 by Tweets)

Respected General,

1. Do you agree with the poll results?

2. Do you think last 30 years data be investigated ?

3. Can a Public Institution be put beyond Public Scrutiny?

Your response is requested.

35/n Gen V P Malik (Retd) @Vedmalik1 5088 Tweets-No. 13 by Tweets)

Respected General,

1. Do you agree with the poll results?

2. Do you think last 30 years data be investigated ?

3. Can a Public Institution be put beyond Public Scrutiny?

Your response is requested.

36/n t Gen PR Shankar (Retd) @palepurshankar
(4260 Tweets-No. 14 by Tweets)

Respected General,

1. Do you agree with the poll results?

2. Do you think last 30 years data be investigated ?

3. Can a Public Institution be put beyond Public Scrutiny?

Your response is requested.

37/n Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia (Retd) @Ptr6Vb 3396 Tweets-No. 15 by Tweets)

Respected General,

1. Do you agree with the poll results?

2. Do you think last 30 years data be investigated ?

3. Can a Public Institution be put beyond Public Scrutiny?

Your response is requested.

38/n I find that only 15 Retired Generals are active on twitter. The rest 11 have 200 or less number of tweets which, I feel, is not their mainstay for public debates. I will still mention them and request for response. Their handles and number of Tweets is followed by request.

39/n
2000 Tweets and less
1. Lt Gen Prakash Menon (Retd) @prakashmenon51 1870 Tweets
2. Lt Gen Dushyant Singh (Retd) @dushy40098 1097 Tweets
3. Lt Gen Z U Shah (Retd) @zoomshah 599 Tweets
4. Lt Gen Balbir Sandhu (Retd) @BalbirLt 435 Tweets

40/n
2000 Tweets & less

5. Lt Gen Ghanshyam Katoch (Retd) @GKatoch1 415 Tweets
6. Lt Gen Rakesh Sharma (Retd) @rakesharma15 263 Tweets
7. Lt Gen A K Bakshi (Retd) @AkBakshi 248 Tweets
8. Gen J J Singh (Retd) @GenJJSingh 57 Tweets
9. Lt Gen D S Hooda (Retd) @LtGenHooda 14 Tweets

41/n
2000 Tweets and less

10. Gen N C Vij (Retd) @GenVij 2 Tweets
11. Gen Bikram Singh (Retd) 0 Tweets

42/n
Respected General/s,

1. Do you agree with the poll results?

2. Do you think last 30 years data be investigated ?

3. Can a Public Institution be put beyond Public Scrutiny?

Your response is requested.

43/n
My humble request to Retired Generals, Please respond within two days. I will put a summary of feedback on Friday.
Thank you and I am honoured Sir/s. Let us keep the flag of the nation flying high.

Rest Twitter friends- Pleas RT each of the last 18/19 tweets individually.

Lt Gen Satish Bahri (Retd) @SatishBahri Sir, Please read this thread and respond too.

@SatishBahri 45/n MILITARY ETHOS
Lt Gen Tej Sapru (Retd) @tksapru

Sir, Can I request you to give your responses to the three questions?

1. Do you agree with the poll results?

2. Do you think last 30 years data be investigated ?

3. Can a Public Institution be put beyond Public Scrutiny?

46/n #MilitaryIAmClean #MilitaryEthos Closing this thread now. The following questions were posed to 28 Retired Generals and Lt Generals. Response? 4 out of 28 responded. ONLY ONE was unambiguous, 2 responded positively and one panicked. Why? I will analyse it in my next article.

47/LAST #MilitaryIAmClean #MilitaryEthos Let me assure you, the 24 who did not respond have a reason. My article will have it.
1. Do you agree with the poll results?

2. Do you think last 30 years data be investigated ?

3. Can a Public Institution be put beyond Public Scrutiny?