To understand the relationship between Modi's government and the military, we must have a clear understanding of India's national defense structure. What is the relationship between the Indian Prime Minister and the Indian army? First of all, the supreme commander of the Indian armed forces is the President of India. First citizen. However, this is more symbolic. The president is just a mascot, and his activities and powers are more ceremonial. Like the army would say? Loyal to the motherland and defend national defense? The president represents the country, so the army is loyal to the president.
The Indian Ministry of Defence is also the military and political administrative organ of India. After all, supply security is funded by the Ministry of National Defense, and personnel deployment is also the responsibility of the Ministry of National Defense. The Minister of Defence is a cabinet member nominated by the Prime Minister, and the Indian army is directly managed by the Indian Ministry of Defence. Must be a member of the People's House of the Indian Parliament (House of Commons) and a civil servant. The Prime Minister is the central government of India? Chairman of the Council of Ministers. From this, we can actually understand the relationship between the prime minister and the army.
The specific operations and command of the Indian army are the responsibility of the Armed Forces Command. The heads of the arms command are the chiefs of staff of the arms, who are also appointed by the cabinet. India's Ministry of Defence has a Committee of Chiefs of Staff, whose head is the Chief of Defence Staff appointed by the Cabinet, which is also the highest position in the Indian military. From this, we can actually see the leadership of the Prime Minister of the Cabinet over the army.
In a word, India's national defense system. It can be said that most of them are under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet. In peacetime, the Indian military has no unified operational command organization. The Prime Minister of the Cabinet coordinated the Ministry of National Defense to exercise unified leadership over the three armed forces through the Secretariat, while in wartime, the Prime Minister authorized the main arms and the Chief of Staff to be specifically responsible for unified command. In case of emergency, the National Security Council will be convened. What is the organization divided into? Strategic strategy team? National Security Advisory Council? Secretariat? The core of this is the strategic decision-making group? In addition, it also includes the chief of staff and the chief of staff of the three armed forces, but his right to speak is very weak. The decision-making power of India's foreign and national defense strategy is in the hands of the Prime Minister.