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Was the late chief of defence staff Bipin Rawat just a part player in the larger saffronisation project? | P Raman
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Saffronisation has been an ongoing project in which sections of senior and middle-level army brass were willing partners.
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So far, strict rules, a deep secular tradition and ethos, and top-level oversight had acted as a deterrent to the saffronisation process.
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After the Modi takeover, things began changing, and the old RSS project got a fillip under General Bipin Rawat.
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Rawat quietly allowed, and perhaps encouraged, circulation of right-wing social media propaganda in the barracks.
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Another change has been a surge of faith-based prayers, including pujas and bhajans, within units.
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Now, defence minister Rajnath Singh himself goes round performing Hindu rituals under full media glare on all available occasions.
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And Modi, who went to Ladakh 'to inspire and motivate' the troops, demonstrably performed puja on the Indus river.
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Headquarters 15 Corps, responsible for operations in the Kashmir Valley, conducted an aarti for Modi's welfare on his 71st birthday last year.
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The overdrive by 15 Corps also highlights the growing culture of political sycophancy among the top brass.
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Modi has been adept at mixing the military with politics and religion, and his admirers identify him with every successful operation by the defence forces.
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Incidents like Balakot bombing and surgical strikes have been repeatedly used to make political gain in elections.
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Bipin Rawat often behaved as if he was part of the political establishment and invited controversies.
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"In fact, I wish these people, instead of throwing stones at us, were firing weapons at us. Then I could do what I (wanted to do)."
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Rawat defended Major Leetul Gogoi for tying Farooq Ahmed Dar, a young Kashmiri craftsman, to his jeep’s bonnet and making him a human shield.
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