I WONDER : I LOVE THIS MAN FOR HIS VISION AND CAPABILITIES.
Admiral Sureesh Mehta, who has just retired as the chief of the Indian Navy, could be appointed the next high commissioner to New Zealand.
There are not too many examples of former service chiefs being given overseas post- retirement sinecure immediately after the end of their official assignment.
A number of retired Indian Navy officers consider this move by the government as a great morale booster for the forces.
However, Mehta's detractors claim that the Admiral was close to the powers that be and even helped a suddenly " homeless" minister of state for external affairs, Shashi Tharoor, in finding a home after he was forced out of a five- star hotel by his party. Surely, that is not how high commissioners are appointed, countered a former navy chief.
Tharoor was put up at the Kota House, the navy's luxurious transit accommodation for retired chiefs, which also houses the naval officers' mess.
Many of his former colleagues in the Navy and some in the government have expressed surprise at the impending appointment considering Admiral Mehta outspoken views, be it on the issue of pay and pensions for the servicemen or his assessment of the comparative military strength of India and China.
He had created a minor row recently by saying that India had no hope of catching up with China, be it in terms of the latter's gross domestic product or its military power.
While he had found much resonance with his statement among the retired community of officers, many serving members had found Mehta's statement " embarrassing and deplorable".
Courtesy: Mail Today
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