Telegraph spinning stories may be true...all the newspapers do it when they
want to.
How many "Bengali" heads of Eastern command has the editor seen in the last 60
yrs?
Rgds,
Sandip
----- Original Message ----
From: Shantikam Hazarika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Saikia, Hrishikesh IN BLR SISL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 4, 2007 11:04:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Assam] Air Marshal spills beans on 'hypocrisy'
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
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