They are carrying weapons - why should they carry weapons while doing aarti outside a temple at their unit?вЂќ he said. вЂњThe video is of a passing-out parade as we can see the new recruits standing in front and a few seniors standing behind them. A passing-out parade is held when a batch completes its training.ДЄ retired lieutenant general said the video certainly showed a вЂњdrill squareвЂќ, from where a passing-out parade starts. Neither as GC nor as instructor there.вЂќДЄ gentleman cadet is a trainee at a military academy. I do not recollect this procedure of Aarti. This is at the start of drill square from where the procedure begins. Panag tweeted the video and posted: вЂњGreat leap forward for ceremonial military parades.вЂќДЇormer brigadier Sandy Thapar tweeted: вЂњThis seems a rehearsal of POP (passing-out parade), GCs (gentlemen cadets) running around. But, retired officers said, they had never heard of religious music being played during ceremonial parades - such as Republic Day parades or passing-out parades - which are вЂњinstitution-levelвЂќ and not regimental events.ДЄs the incident sparked a social media controversy, former Lieutenant General H.S. ItвЂ™s common for army regiments to play religious music from the various faiths during holy occasions, and for the soldiers to march to its accompaniment. Asthana, tweeted that the вЂњlast bastion of a secular State has fallen with thisвЂќ. Whether the clip shows a passing-out parade or not or if it turns out to be not authentic, the fact that several veterans chose to express concern mirrors the anxieties that swirl around almost every institution in the nation in the past few years.Д¬olonel (retired) Harinder Chhina saw the development as вЂњintroducing Hindutva in (the) armyвЂќ, while a former IPS officer, N.C.

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