May the force be with him

Army Chief Deepak Kapoor finds himself in a mess, and without uttering a word. His inability to establish a working relationship with Northern Army Commander Lt Gen H S Panag has now spilled out into an ugly conflict. What is less known is that Lt Gen Daljit Singh, who retired in October as Western Army Commander, didn8217;t even get the customary dining out. Many couldn8217;t help wondering if this was because Daljit, along with another course-mate Aditya Singh, was a challenger to the Army Chief8217;s post. While Kapoor8217;s predecessors have had their share of problems, most Army chiefs in the past have managed to rise above all this and smoothen the cracks through leadership. Far from it, a new story doing the rounds in defence circles is that a contingent of Military Police was dispatched to the temporary residences of both Daljit and Aditya Singh in Delhi Cantt recently to enquire whether the Generals were 8220;misusing8221; Army facilities.