Amarinder for declassifying 1962 India-China war report

Kolkata, Jan 19: Notwithstanding the fact that it apparently indicts late prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru for India's military defeat in the 1962 war with China, Congress MP and former army captain Amarinder Singh has called for the release of the Henderson-Brooks report. "The report should have been out a long time ago. When reports on Operation Pawan in Sri Lanka or the 1965 war are out, then why are we sitting on 1962?" Amarinder Singh told IANS. "If you want to protect some politicians or some army generals, then it is unfortunate. One learns from experiences and it should be out so that the people may know what actually happened," he said during the Kolkata launch of his latest book "Honour and Fidelity: India's Military Contribution to the Great War 1914-1918". The former Punjab chief minister said there was a consensus among political parties to oppose the declassification of the report that has remained a state secret for the past 50 years.