Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addresses an election rally in support of BJP candidate VK Singh, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, in Ghaziabad, Sunday, March 31, 2019. (PTI)Former chief of naval staff Admiral L. Ramdas has written to the Election Commission drawing its attention to Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s reference to the army as “Modiji ki sena (Modi’s army)” at a rally on Sunday. “As one of the senior most former Chiefs of the Armed Forces, I consider it my duty and responsibility to bring to your notice the fact that we, the armed forces of the country, owe our allegiance only to the Constitution of India,” Ramdas said. At a rally in Ghaziabad, Adityanath had said: “Congress people used to serve terrorists biryani and Modiji ki sena (Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s army) gives them only golis and golas (bullets and bombs). Last month, Ramdas had written to the chief election commissioner on behalf of veterans voicing their “dismay” at how parties were “using images” related to the armed forces at rallies.

Source: The Telegraph April 02, 2019 21:22 UTC