{"id":71898,"date":"2025-04-24T21:49:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T16:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=71898"},"modified":"2025-04-24T21:49:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T16:49:21","slug":"soldiers-emotional-outburst-raises-concern-over-indian-governments-treatment-of-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/soldiers-emotional-outburst-raises-concern-over-indian-governments-treatment-of-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"Soldier\u2019s emotional outburst raises concern over Indian government\u2019s treatment of forces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: In a powerful and emotional video that has gone viral, a serving Indian <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/four-dead-from-avalanche-in-uttarakhand-five-still-missing-indian-army\/\">military soldier<\/a> has publicly criticized the Modi government, claiming soldiers are being<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/indian-army-pilot-killed-in-helicopter-crash\/\"> humiliated<\/a> rather than honored for their service.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the program *India Watch*, the officer accused the government of neglect, unpaid salaries, and lack of basic welfare for military personnel and their families.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We didn\u2019t go to Pakistan to drink tea, we went under responsibility,&#8221; the army personnel said, expressing deep anguish. &#8220;Today, my child asks me, \u2018Is my father a terrorist?\u2019 Mr. Modi, you\u2019re not married \u2014 do you know what the pain of a family is?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He accused the government of using soldiers for political gain while ignoring their real needs. &#8220;We are begging for life, for rent&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you want to rent, go ask Pakistan \u2014 don\u2019t defame us. If this situation continues, the military will take over the government. We have become a spectacle,&#8221; the soldier said.<\/p>\n<p>The service man claimed salaries had not been paid for three months and said those who speak out are jailed. \u201cThis is not independent India anymore. Modi has enslaved us.\u201d He also lamented the failure of the justice system, calling it \u201ca dream\u201d for ordinary soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>The video has sparked widespread discussion on social media, with many demanding immediate action for the welfare of ex-servicemen and their families. Analysts suggest growing frustration within the ranks could spell deeper challenges for the Modi administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: In a powerful and emotional video that has gone viral, a serving Indian military soldier has publicly criticized the Modi government, claiming soldiers are being humiliated rather than honored for their service. Speaking on the program *India Watch*, the officer accused the government of neglect, unpaid salaries, and lack of basic welfare for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":71901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5723,7228,28148],"class_list":["post-71898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-armed-forces","tag-modi","tag-india-government"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71898"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71903,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71898\/revisions\/71903"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}