Did Mr Badal write to the Government of India about you?
I don’t know. I have no knowledge. They asked me to resign and like a good soldier I resigned. Is it true that you were given two choices — to face an inquiry or resign? I wanted an inquiry. I had said please order an inquiry. I was told there are not sufficient people available to conduct this kind of inquiry. So an inquiry was denied to you, is that correct? Yes. Legally there is a requirement of an inquiry. I could have got a stay. I could have won the case in a court of law. But like a good soldier I obeyed the orders. They were kind enough to send me back for a month to the Southern Air Command as commander-in-chief. I took retirement after three months. Does it hurt you? Inwardly, yes. I am a very straightforward soldier. I have taken part in every war beginning from 1962, 1965, 1971, and Kargil. I have been decorated with a Vir Chakra. The amount of land that I got for India in Jammu & Kashmir, no one knows about it. I pushed the Pakistanis inside by 32 kilometres. We took this
