It seems to be mischievous reporting again. None of the local dailies have twisted what Borbora said the way Telegraph has done. You will find that the quotation attributed to Borbora in the Telegraph does not justify the heading or the leading paragraph.. Nor was it Borbora's first observation. The Telegraph is trying to twist Borbora's statement by implying that (according to Borbora) the senior officers in the forces are hypocrites. He himself being s senior officer could not have said it, but the way the telegraph has reported, it gets implied. Needless to state the Telegraph editor, sitting in kolkata has found it a bit unpalatable that an Assamese is heading the Eastern Command. Hence he had to see how he can 'spin' the news so that at least some feathers in the forces would get ruffled which may be detrimental to borbora's career. Shantikam hazarika
On 4/3/07, Saikia, Hrishikesh IN BLR SISL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
*Air Marshal spills beans on 'hypocrisy'* OUR CORRESPONDENT Barbora speaks at the media conference in Shillong. Picture by Eastern Projections *Shillong, April 2: *The* *indifference of successive governments and disillusionment with the "hypocritical" conduct of seniors have forced a large number of officers from the Northeast to quit the services. That was Air Marshal P.K. Barbora's first observation after he assumed charge as air officer commanding-in-chief of the Eastern Air Command. Addressing a news conference in Shillong, Barbora said several efficient young officers of the Northeast were leaving the services because they were "highly sentimental" and could not cope with the "hypocritical" attitude of their seniors. "The indifferent attitude of the earlier governments towards the Northeast, coupled with a feeling of alienation, have led the defence forces to a situation where it has a negligible number of personnel from the Northeast. Earlier governments tried to use the same yardstick for all problems in the region and that led to chaos," he said, adding that the situation was changing gradually. The officer said modernisation of airfields like the one at Tezpur in Assam was on his list of priorities, as was the implementation of the Force Multipliers Programme. Sophisticated missiles are to be added to the IAF's arsenal under this programme <http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070403/asp/northeast/story_7598466.asp><http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org>
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