NEW DELHI/VISHAKHAPATNAM: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has questioned the report carried in The Indian Express on the movement of two Army units towards Delhi this January without prior notification.
The Prime Minister has called the news report 'alarmist' and has said it cannot be taken at face value.
Defence minister AK Antony has also rubbished the report, calling it 'absolutely baseless'.
Speaking to media after commissioning of INS Chakra into the Navy at Vishakhapatnam, Antony said the newspaper report was baseless and the Army movement was routine.
The defence minister said the patriotism of the Army could not be questioned and it would do nothing to undermine the Indian democracy. I am proud of the Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Air Force, Antony said.
According to the report appearing in The Indian Express, late on the night of January 16, central intelligence agencies reported an unexpected and non-notified movement by a key military unit from the mechanised infantry based in Hisar(Haryana).
The Prime Minister has called the news report 'alarmist' and has said it cannot be taken at face value.
Defence minister AK Antony has also rubbished the report, calling it 'absolutely baseless'.
Speaking to media after commissioning of INS Chakra into the Navy at Vishakhapatnam, Antony said the newspaper report was baseless and the Army movement was routine.
The defence minister said the patriotism of the Army could not be questioned and it would do nothing to undermine the Indian democracy. I am proud of the Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Air Force, Antony said.
According to the report appearing in The Indian Express, late on the night of January 16, central intelligence agencies reported an unexpected and non-notified movement by a key military unit from the mechanised infantry based in Hisar(Haryana).
