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Kashmir Times. Dated: 10/21/2016 10:33:35 PM

Dear Editor,
Union Defence Minister Manohar Parikar had been amongst the most-admired political personality cutting across party-lines when he was Chief Minister of Goa. His simplicity, life-style of living like a common person travelling in an ordinary public-bus was comparable only to that of Tripura Chief Minister.
However his linking of Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh (RSS) with surgical-strike carried out by Indian army is not in interest of any one including RSS, Indian army and himself. Praise for an organisation should come from rivals, like RSS was praised by the then Prime Ministers Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Lal Bahadur Shastri (both from Congress) following 1962 Indo-China and 1965 Indo-Pak wars respectively even to the extent that RSS was said to have been offered to participate in Republic Day parade. Old-timers still remember RSS workers taking charge of city-traffic in capital city of India. RSS workers are always present at times of even natural calamities like earthquakes etc.
Everyone knows that military-operations like surgical-strikes in India cannot be without knowledge and consent of political rulers. Giving credit of surgical strikes also to Prime Minister by Union Defence Minister therefore should have been avoided in tune with matured politics. It was good that information about surgical strike was made public by Directorate General of Military Operations (DGMO) rather than political rulers.
—Madhu Agrawal,
1775 Kucha Lattushah Dariba Delhi.