Army chief designate to leave for Delhi on Wednesday

Lt Gen Bikram Singh will be the fifth GoC-in-C from the Eastern Command to become the army chief.

FP Archives|May 29, 2012, 20:03:54 IST

Kolkata: Army chief-designate Lt Gen Bikram Singh, currently GoC-in-C of Eastern Command, will leave for Delhi on Wednesday to take over his new assignment the next day, defence sources in Kolkata said today.[caption id="attachment_325170" align="alignleft" width="380" caption="Lieutenant General Bikram Singh. Image courtesy PIB"][/caption] Lt Gen Singh made a courtesy call on West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan during the day and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday.Last week Lt Gen Singh paid a farewell visit to Sukna, Tezpur and all formations of the army in Assam, Meghalaya and Nagaland in the North-East as also in North Bengal, the sources said.He also called on Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, Governor JB Patnaik, Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma and Governor RS Mooshahary.Lt Gen Bikram Singh will be the fifth GoC-in-C from the Eastern Command to become the army chief after PP Kumaramangalam, SHFJ Maneckshaw, VN Sharma and VK Singh. Officers and staff of the Eastern Command will host a farewell dinner party for him tonight, the sources added. PTI

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