A former Indian Air Force (IAF) Air Chief Marshal (retd) A Y Tipnis Tuesday blamed former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru for India’s defeat in the 1962 war against China.
Speaking at a seminar ‘India and China: After five decades of 1962 war’ here, Tipnis also alleged that Nehru had surrendered national security interests to realise his “ambition” to be a world leader.
Asked to expand on his remarks, Tipnis today said Nehru was the “major contributor” for India’s debacle.
Tipnis said he had also seen an Army Chief in those days being “ticked off” like a school-boy by Prime Minister Nehru for his alleged petulance.
The remarks made yesterday came against the backdrop of the recent comments by the current Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne that the outcome of the 1962 war with China would have been different had the IAF been used in an offensive role.
The issue of IAF not being used in the 1962 hostilities is still debated by military historians and experts and there is no clarity as to why the air force was not used.
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