NEW DELHI: Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit today triggered a row after he likened Army Chief General Bipin Rawat to a “goon on the street” over the latter’s public remarks, prompting the BJP to demand his expulsion and an apology from Sonia Gandhi.
The Congress was quick to distance itself from the remarks of Dikshit, who, following criticism, was forced to withdraw his remarks and apologise.
“Ours is not a mafia army like the Pakistani army which makes statements like the goons on the street. It looks bad when our Army chief gives a statement like a ‘sadak ka goonda’ (goon on the street),” the former Congress MP and son of former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit said.
He also said the Indian Army had depth and was gentlemanly and as it was a great institution, it brought along a particular culture with it.
“I don’t think our Army chief lived up to that…I believe this Army chief does not live up to my image of what the Indian Army should be. I believe, the Army chief should not make political statements,” Dikshit said.
He, however, later tweeted, “I have reservations on a comment of the Army chief, but I should have chosen appropriate words. I apologise.”
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