December 2, 2024

More Generals Choose to Become Politicians

Lt. Gen. Subrata Saha, PVSM, UYSM, YSM, VSM Bar (retired) is probably the first military officer of that rank to contest an assembly seat in West Bengal.

Lt. Gen. Subrata Saha, PVSM, UYSM, YSM, VSM Bar (retired) is probably the first military officer of that rank to contest an assembly seat in West Bengal.

Lt. Gen Subrata Saha before becoming Deputy Chief of Army Staff (DCOAS) was GOC, 15 (Chinar) Corps, Srinagar overlooking counter-terrorism operations in  the valley.

He is now the BJP candidate from the Rashbehari assembly constituency in south Kolkata. 

During his tenure in the valley he was hailed as the ‘People’s General’. Not only did he reduce the number of militants through kinetic operations, he also reduced the sense of militancy in the environment.

He created the Army Design Bureau in 2016.

Post-retirement he was the founding director general of the Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers and member of the National Security Advisory Board.

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  • Shantanu K. Bansal

    Founder of IADN. He has more than 10 years of experience in research and analysis. An award winning researcher, he writes for the leading defence and security journals, think-tanks and in-service publications. He is a senior consultant at the Indian Army Training Command (ARTRAC), Shimla. Contact him at: Shantanukbansal2@gmail.com

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