Posted by Anup Baral April 11, 2016 :
Former President Ram Baran Yadav claimed that he saved the Nepal Army from politicisation and other attempts to tarnish the image of the national security force. He, however, lamented that he could not save judiciary and other security agencies from political intervention during the tenure. The first President of Nepal was launching former Chief of Army Staff Chhatraman Gurung’s autobiography ‘Janatako Chhoro‘ in Capital on Sunday. On May 3, 2009, Yadav, as the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of Nepal Army, had let the then Army Chief Rookmangud Katawal stay put while the government led by UCPN-Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal had relieved the latter of the duty without letting him complete the tenureAfter the President’s move, Dahal had put in papers the very next day. “It was too tough for me to act as the Head of the State during the time of Prachanda (Dahal) who had just come from the revolt,” Yadav shared at the function. He was of the view that the Army always stood for democracy and it should be protected from undue political pressures..