While soldiers give their lives saving the nation at Line of Control, their families are left to fight another battle with the bureaucracy. Sharing the real life accounts of the defence personnel, disabled soldiers and their kin who have been wronged by the system, Major Navdeep Singh has authored a book ‘Maimed by the System’.
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The biggest problem we all face is the confrontation between civilians and military personnel at the Ministry of Defence
VP MALIK, General
Gen VP Malik (retd) released the second edition of the book in Panjab University on Sunday.
The author has penned down the real stories of the individuals who had to fight difficult battles with the officialdom to claim their basic rights post disability and post battle.
There are over 20 such stories in the latest edition.
“Each story has made us (senior officers) feel how stupid we were when people were entitled to something and we were not able to get them the same,” said Gen VP Malik (Retired).
Gen Malik said, “I would suggest everyone to read the book. The things have not improved even today when nearly 90% litigation is on the account of disability pension.”
He further said “The biggest problem we all face is the confrontation between civilians and military personnel at the Ministry of Defence.”
“We have not been able to resolve the system, which is dependent more on people who have never been part of the service,” he said.
Major Navdeep Singh said, “I don’t want to write such a book again since this should not happen to our people again.”
“We will not able to change the system unless there is a body to keep check,” he added.