Armed Forces Apolitical

Asserting that the armed forces are "apolitical and neutral stakeholders in a modern democracy", the Election Commission today asked political parties across the country to not use photographs of defence personnel on hoardings or posters in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls.

The armed forces are "apolitical", the government today asserted in the Lok Sabha, weeks after Army chief Bipin Rawat's comment that the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) was growing faster than the BJP in Assam sparked a row.

Asserting that the armed forces are "apolitical and neutral stakeholders in a modern democracy", the Election Commission today asked political parties across the country to not use photographs of defence personnel on hoardings or posters in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls.

The armed forces are "apolitical", the government today asserted in the Lok Sabha, weeks after Army chief Bipin Rawat's comment that the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) was growing faster than the BJP in Assam sparked a row.