'Empty Stomach, Biting Cold': Soldiers Let Down In Age Of Hyper-Nationalism?
BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav's videos alleging poor quality food being served to soldiers have gone viral. He talks about burnt parantha, sometimes sleeping on an empty stomach. He asks how can a jawan function with this kind of food. Shortly after the videos emerged, the BSF transferred him to battalion headquarters. In one of the video, he appeals to PM Modi to order a probe alleging that food supplies from the government are siphoned off by senior officers. On The Buck Stops Here, we ask whether in this age of hyper-nationalism, have soldiers been let down? The BSF has rubbished the claims of the jawan.
