Netas in battle-gear
Hindustan Times | Rahul Singh
Sep 09, 2012 01:35 AM IST
Territorial Army was thrown into the limelight last week when Sachin Pilot became the first sitting Union minister to get commissioned into the part-time citizen’s force. Politicians in the West have had a military tradition, Rahul Singh writes.
Territorial Army was thrown into the limelight last week when Sachin Pilot became the first
sitting Union minister to get commissioned into the part-time citizen’s force.
Sachin’s entry could encourage young MPs to don battle fatigues. Politicians in the West have had a military tradition.
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