Congress MLA Pargat Singh greets Union Minister Gen VK Singh (retd) in Jalandhar on Tuesday. Photo: Sarabjit Singh

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, March 21

Taking a dig at former Army chief two terms senior to him, Union Minister of State for External Affairs Gen VK Singh (retd) today said that he personally felt that Gen JJ Singh (retd) should not have contested the state Assembly elections.“Having already served as a Governor, there was no need for him to vie for an MLA’s post. I went through media reports which indicated that the campaign was not good and was rather abusive. There were posts on social media calling him Jamanat Japt Singh,” said the former Army chief, who was here to take part in a “digi dhan mela”.On 39 people missing in Iraq for nearly two years, General Singh said: “So far, there has been no indication. We are still hopeful. We know which area they are in. But we cannot divulge more details as it may harm the process.”