Memorandum to the Rashrapati of India, the supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces

The Government of India (Prime Ministers Office through Justice Rajendra sachar Committee) has issued instructions to the Service Headquarters to undertake a head count of the Muslims by rank and comment on their operational performance. It is a seditious move whose adverse consequences can be most disastrous unvisualized .at this point of time. It is not appreciated that there is deep sense of espirit de corps and strong bond of camaraderie among All Ranks of the armed forces, which cut across their personal religious faith, caste, creed, region and language.

They take a solemn vow for loyalty to the constitution of India, to uphold the honour and dignity of their Regiments and to safeguard the integrity and freedom of their nation at any price including at the cost of their life. This creates a bond far stronger than the bond of blood relationship .All festivals and religious days are celebrated together in the Regiments places of worship.

To dissect this monolithic structure into different religious faiths will result in Mandalisation of this precious national asset which is the last resort of the powers that be, for orderly governance of our diverse society. All ranks live, eat, play and under take their onerous duties without any thought of their respective differences. They come from all walks of life and get knitted into one happy family as they are all volunteers and not conscripts

Meddling in their culture by the political masters will destroy their ethos which have been nourished over 250 years with their sweat and blood. They function collectively as a team and not as individuals to serve the government of the day as an apolitical entity. They have not interfered in the functioning of the civil administration as they have been spared from political interference. The benign government should think of welfare of one and all instead of one community there by creating dissention in the society.

We, the Defence Services Veterans, though, have been out of uniform for many years, our loyalty to the Defence Services and to the oath that we took on enrolment remains undiminished as we have given many years of our precious youth in the service of the nation and carry indelible memories of our adventure with our Comrades in Arms.

We, are placing this Memorandum before you so that as Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of India, you can warn the authorities that be, of the adverse fall out of their scheme