Indian Army dodges bullet

Kadiyan withdraws PIL on Muslim headcount- The Times of India:

"NEW DELHI: Former Deputy Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen RS Kadiyan on Monday withdrew his petition seeking an immediate halt to Muslim head count in defence forces in view of Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee's statement that Rajender Sachchar Committee will not go ahead with it."

Retired Gen. Kadiyan, a 44-year veteran of the army, is no doubt correct that the prime minister's scheme to measure how badly, if at all, Muslims are represented among the troops could only spread sectarian conflict in one of the more successfully secular institutions in Indian society.