Raising concerns over “politicisation of the military”, Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Wednesday made it clear that defence forces work best when they operate in a secular environment and “should be somehow” kept away from politics.
Rawat said it was essential that the military stayed far away from politics for a vibrant democracy. “The military should be somehow kept out of politics. Of late, we have been seeing that politicisation of the military has been taking place. I think we operate in a very secular environment. We have a very vibrant democracy where the military should stay far away from politics,” he said at an event organised by the United Service Institution.

Raising concerns over “politicisation of the military”, Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Wednesday made it clear that defence forces work best when they operate in a secular environment and “should be somehow” kept away from politics.
Rawat said it was essential that the military stayed far away from politics for a vibrant democracy. “The military should be somehow kept out of politics. Of late, we have been seeing that politicisation of the military has been taking place. I think we operate in a very secular environment. We have a very vibrant democracy where the military should stay far away from politics,” he said at an event organised by the United Service Institution.