Laughable, says Gen VK Singh on J&K govt topple bid allegation

Former Army chief General VK Singh today refuted all charges of siphoning of funds and trying to topple the Jammu and Kashmir government through the Technical Services Division set up by him, calling such allegations politically motivated. “It is laughable that in Rs 1 crore you can topple the government of a state. Such allegations are politically motivated and preposterous,” Singh said and added, “Anyone who says TSD was a private army doesn’t know what intelligence is all about.” [caption id=“attachment_1124943” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] ![Former amry general VK Singh. Reuters](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/VKSingh_IndiaArmyChief_Reuters_3801.jpg) Former amry general VK Singh. Reuters[/caption] Clarifying his stand he said, “The Army has brought stability to Jammu and Kashmir and the chief minister of the state knows that,” Singh said. Explaining what the TSD is, he said, “TSD was a unit set up to ensure our borders remain safe in conjunction with other units of the country and was set up on the direction of the Defence Minister. " He also said the unit was budgeted by the DGMI and added that the unit did its work diligently. “We introduced many youth, civic activities in the state. Was all of that to topple the government?” Singh asked. Singh denied allegations that the unit bought any Army equipment that was later destroyed. “This unit does not deal with any equipment. It is a human intelligence unit. Anyone ascribing anything else to it is only doing a smear campaign,” Singh said. A slugfest had started between the Congress and the BJP on Friday over reports of misuse of secret service funds by Singh with the main opposition terming it political vendetta, and the Congress denying it. The Left chose not to link the report and the politics over it. A secret inquiry report into the functioning of the Technical Services Division, a highly secretive and controversial Military Intelligence unit, had reportedly recommended a high level probe into alleged siphoning of Secret Service funds by the unit. The funds were allegedly used to, among other things, engineer a change of regime in the Jammu & Kashmir state government and to prop up a non-governmental organisation attempting to scuttle the appointment of current Army Chief General Bikram Singh. With agency inputs

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Laughable, says Gen VK Singh on J&K govt topple bid allegation

“It is laughable that in Rs 1 crore you can topple the government of state. Such allegations are politically motivated and preposterous,” VK Singh said

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