VK Singh tried to block my promotion with malafide intent: Army chief General Dalbir Singh

The current controversy, however is not of new and has been making rounds ever since the UPA government decided to appoint Dalbir Singh as the army chief. In an unprecedented spat, the serving army chief, General Dalbir Singh Suhag has raked up a storm by accusing General VK Singh of “blocking his promotion with mysterious design and malafide intent,” according to a report in The Indian Express. The issue dates back to April 2012, when the then army chief VK Singh had slapped a DV ban on Dalbir Singh following military investigation for allegedly botching up an intelligence operation in Assam’s Jorhat district in December 2011, according to a report in The New Indian Express. The move lifted all smoke around Dalbir Singh’s appointment, thereby making him the next army chief, as reported in The New Indian Express. According to the report in The Indian Express, after clearing the DV ban, Bikram Singh also cleared Dalbir Singh’s promotion as GOC-in-C, Eastern Command, with effect from June 15, 2012, which made the current army chief eligible to be nominated for the post.