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Gen Suhag takes over as Army Chief New Delhi, July 31 The outgoing Army Chief General Bikram Singh handed over the charge to his successor this afternoon at a brief ceremony at the South Block here. Gen Suhag’s wife Namita Singh Suhag was by his side when he took over. General Suhag was Vice Chief of the Indian Army and had been appointed the Chief by the outgoing UPA regime. Arun Jaitley, Defence Minister in the newly elected BJP-led NDA regime, fully backed the decision of his predecessor AK Antony. His appointment had earlier kicked up a row with former Army Chief General (retd) VK Singh, now a minister in the NDA government, questioning it. Jaitley then put his foot down, putting an end to any uncertainty regarding his appointment. He virtually asked the former Army Chief not to question the decision again. Gen Suhag will be the 26th Army Chief of independent India. He will inspect a Guard of Honour tomorrow and will also pay homage at the India Gate. Gen Suhag had joined National Defence Academy (NDA) in 1970 and was commissioned into 4/5 Gorkha Rifles in June 1974. The new Chief takes over at a time when the force is facing challenges of modernisation in its artillery, infantry and air defence arms and is also facing friction on the borders with Pakistan and China. Gen Suhag was at the centre of a controversy triggered by “discipline and vigilance” ban imposed on him by the then Army Chief Gen V K Singh in connection with an intelligence operation in Assam.
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