Thread by @sanjoychakra

#JeepScam #Congress #Nehru #KrishnaMenon
1. Does anyone buy a second hand product for the cost of a new one? That is exactly what happened in the Jeep scandal of 1948. Indo-Pak war was going on in 1947-48. Pakistan wanted to annex J&K. Indian Army badly needed jeeps for troop .2.

2. mobility. VK Krishna Menon was the Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Krishna Menon placed an order for 2000 refurbished jeeps with a British firm Anti-Mistantes for Rs 80 lakhs @ £300/- jeep whereas new jeeps were available in US and Canada for the ...cont..3.

3. same price. Major part of the money was paid in advance( In 1948 Rs 3.31= 1 USD). Only 155 jeeps were delivered by the company and they were unserviceable. The Ministry of Defence refused to accept them. Later on jeeps had to be procured @£458 each. Jeeps were not ..cont..4..

4. delivered on time. Indian Army did not get its much needed transport. There was uproar in Parliament. An enquiry was held. There were no TV or social media then. The Congress govt had majority in Parliament. The Home minister closed the inquiry. Krishna Menon became ..cont..5

5. Nehru’s prime advisor and was inducted as a Minister without portfolio in Nehru cabinet !! In 1948 cost of 10 grams of gold was Rs 95.87. So for Rs 80 lakhs one could buy 834463.33576718 g of gold. Present price of gold is Rs 57,300/10 g. Present value of the jeep ..cont..6..

6. scam is Rs 478,14,74,913 (Rs 478.14 crores). The man who did so much harm for the Army was later made the Defence Minister of the country in April 1957. More harm was on its way.
Should one expect doctors and nursing staff to physically build an AIIMS? Similarly ....cont..7

7. can soldiers be used as construction labour to build barracks? It is said that under Maj Gen BN Kaul, soldiers were utilized to construct accomodation in #AmbalaCantt at the expense of their training for war,thereby blunting their efficiency and effectiveness. Krishna ..cont.8

8. Menon indulged in favouritism in the #ArmedForces. Maj Gen BM Kaul was one of his favourites. Going against the advice of Chief of Army Staff General K.S.Thimayya,DSO,(later on Padma Bhushan),he promoted and appointed #LtGenBMKaul (from Army Service Corps), a favourite ...9..

9. of Nehru, as as GOC IV Corps. In 1959 Army Chief Gen Thimayya and Lt Gen SPP Thorat ,GOC-in-C Eastern Command had informed the Govt of the Chinese threat and the resources required to counter it. But Nehru lacked vision. He had publicly stated that India did not require ...10.

10. the Armed Forces for defence as India believed in non violence !! Police would be sufficient to maintain law & order! He thought that China would never attack India. When the two Generals gave their considered professional opinion,they were dubbed as alarmist by ..cont..11

11. bureaucrats as well as the Defence Min Krishna Menon. 1962 War against China was a slap to the inept political leadership of Nehru & Krishna Menon, their ultra large egos & utter disregard for sane military advice. India lost to China. Menon had to resign on 31 Oct 1962.