The controversy around the unpublished book, Four Stars of Destiny, erupted after Congress MP Rahul Gandhi read excerpts from it in the Lok Sabha on February 2, taking reference from an online magazine article on the same.
General Naravane shared the PRHI statement on X regarding the status of the book.
Rahul Gandhi, who had last week quoted inside Parliament from a magazine article on the memoir and was later seen holding a 'copy' of the book inside the Parliament complex, today claimed that the book was up for pre-order in 2023 and the former Army Chief had also posted on X/Twitter about it.
Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, displayed the book outside Parliament and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not fulfilling his responsibility during the India-China military standoff, which started along the Line of Actual Control in April-May 2020 in Ladakh.
It is worth mentioning that among the nine soldiers martyred in the fierce gunfight, three were Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs).
'I want to assure the country that the sacrifice of the Galwan heroes will not go waste.'
During the visit, Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari will confer the rank of the Honorary General of the Nepal Army on Gen Naravane.
The meeting was attended by Chief of Defence Staff and Secretary Department of Military Affairs General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Army Staff General MM Naravane, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh and Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria.
Two senior army officials, a Colonel and a Major, are among five security personnel killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Handwara area when they went to rescue civilians who had been taken hostage by the terrorists.
The Army showcased its military might and some of its state-of-the-art assets at the majestic Army Day parade on Wednesday.
