Lt Gen Ravi Dastane

The government faces the ignominy of a minister -former army chief General VK Singh - tweeting against the Army Chief-designate, linking him of supporting "dacoity" by an army unit that once worked under him.

An old legal case filed in the Supreme Court by a senior General against the next Army Chief is threatening to blow up into a major embarrassment for the new Narendra Modi government. It pits former Army Chief Gen VK Singh against the government, in which he is now a minister.

The government faces the ignominy of a minister -former army chief General VK Singh - tweeting against the Army Chief-designate, linking him of supporting "dacoity" by an army unit that once worked under him.

An old legal case filed in the Supreme Court by a senior General against the next Army Chief is threatening to blow up into a major embarrassment for the new Narendra Modi government. It pits former Army Chief Gen VK Singh against the government, in which he is now a minister.