'The fierce competition for viewership among television channels has made them willing to disseminate such stories for a few minutes of sensation.'
The description fits former Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, currently lying ill in the military hospital in Coonoor.
The government will investigate the claim of former Pakistani dictator Ayub Khan's son, Gohar Ayub Khan, that an Indian brigadier had sold the 1965 war plan to his country for Rs 20,000, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday.
"Government has already directed an investigation. The army is doing an in-house verification on whether there is any authenticity or truth in the allegation," army chief General J J Singh said.
The plan hinged on two critical assumptions: India would not be able to replenish supplies quickly to launch a counter-attack. India could not respond in enough strength to dislodge the Pakistanis. Both assumptions would be proved wrong due to the ferocity of the Indian response, reveals former RAW officer Tilak Devasher in his new book, Pakistan At The Helm.
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