Army planned a coup against Rajiv Gandhi regime says Former Army Commander
- 7 years ago
Former Army commander of the Western Command Lt General PN Hoon has made shocking revelations. Hoon claimed that the Indian Army hatched a plan to coup Rajiv Gandhi government in 1987.Narrating the sequence of events during a farewell function in 1987, the Lt Gen in his book writes how Giani Zail Singh had blamed Rajiv Gandhi for corruption and 1984 anti-Sikh riots. In the book, Hoon said that Zail Singh didn't execute coup plan as he believed that the power would shift to the armed forces.