January 10
The chief of Indian Army General Bipin Rawat, who was speaking at the annual press conference, said the Army has managed the situation well along the borders with China and Pakistan and there should be no cause for concern.
He said that the situation in Jammu Kashmir needs to be improved further. “We are only facilitators for peace in Jammu Kashmir,” he said. Rawat said that the Army has managed the situation well along the northern and western borders, adding that, there should be no cause for concern.
With the US and Russia reaching out to the Taliban in Afghanistan, Gen Rawat said, “We have interests in Afghanistan, we can’t be out of bandwagon.”
“The same analogy can’t apply to Jammu and Kashmir. Talks in the state have to be on our terms,” he asserted.
The Army chief said talks and terror cannot go together, and it applies to Jammu Kashmir too.
He said the force was conservative and could not allow gays or adultery.