Hyderabad: Former Army Chief Ved Prakash Malik shared a brief video of Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh paying his respects to the fallen at the War Memorial on the 74th Republic Day celebrations from Thursday, captioning it with "There is a man apart", on Friday.
Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane has got tongues wagging in Twitter after the 22 second clip shared by the former Army chief showed him having his left hand tucked into one of his pockets and he was seen looking around. The Secretary was seen standing alongside of the Chief of Defence Staff Lieutenant General Anil Chauhan and tri-service Chiefs— General Manoj Pandey (Army), Admiral R Hari Kumar (Navy) and Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari during that time.
"Atleast respect the fallen. Even after decades of service if one doesnt know the decoram to conduct themselves at the War memorial then their something wrong(sic), wrote a Twitter user responding to the video which had about 40,000 views in the first four hours since sharing.
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— Ved Malik (@Vedmalik1) January 27, 2023There is a man apart. pic.twitter.com/DmCEeY3scu
— Ved Malik (@Vedmalik1) January 27, 2023
Isn't he the Def Sec? I noticed the arrogance with which he strutted around during the ceremony as if he owned the place. Absolute disgrace on the occasion. He should have displayed a bit of discipline and decorum on such a sombre occasion, another twitter user wrote.
Sir hope he has been made aware that putting hands inside the pocket during a military ceremony is totally unacceptable, before these people are posted in Defence Ministry, they should undergo a 1 month orientation schedule, so that ,they don't create embarrassing situations, a twitter user wrote.
A soldier commands respect everywhere he goes, a civil servant gets respect in front and gets despised at the back, one wrote while another twitter user said, "In my opinion any of the chiefs could have informed him of his misappropriate behaviour if they had noticed it.(sic)"
Armed Forces should come up with the protocol and he should have been apprised with that before hand. There is no need to make fun or demean a bureucrate. He has his own achievements and contribution to the country(sic), wrote another twitterati offering a solution highlighting that the Defence Secretary too has contributed to the country's development.
