“Move on!” These were the Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Bipin Rawat’s words to his successor… He passed away today in a chopper crash in Coonoor.
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00:00Vipin Rawat is just a name.
00:02Vipin Rawat's position increases when he is called Chief of Army Staff.
00:06Sir, what will you tell your successors?
00:08Just now you will shake hands with him and hand over charge.
00:13What is the one thing you will tell?
00:15Move on.
00:23I want to tell you that in the Indian Army,
00:28Chief of Army Staff is just a position.
00:32Chief of Army Staff does not work alone.
00:35He gets support in his work, in fulfilling his duty.
00:40By his soldiers, officers,
00:42no matter what rank they are assigned,
00:45by the support of all of them,
00:48the teamwork with which the Indian Army works,
00:52that is when we get success.
00:53Vipin Rawat is just a name.
00:56Vipin Rawat's position increases when he is called Chief of Army Staff.
01:00And Chief of Army Staff is called only when
01:02the whole team works together with him.
01:05That Chief of Army Staff is of the Indian Army.
01:08And when Vipin Rawat becomes Chief of Indian Army,
01:11then he joins all of them and does his work.
01:15And we get success only through their support.
01:18No man can achieve anything alone.
01:21So, there are definitely such tasks that remain incomplete.
01:25But an incomplete task is such that
01:27something is started about it.
01:30And those who take over the position in the future,
01:32those who will continue to be Chief of Army Staff in the future,
01:36they also have a responsibility to take that task forward
01:40and complete it.
01:42But to say that while being Chief of Army Staff,
01:45I was looking at the further proceedings,
01:46whether CDS will be made or not,
01:48this was never done.
01:50I was only paying attention to the work of Chief of Army Staff.
01:55And now, until I don't charge the handover,
01:58I will keep paying attention to it.
01:59Junaid, what has been your biggest achievement?
02:01What do you count as your biggest achievement in the last 10 years?
02:06I will say the same as other people have achieved.
02:10Our previous Chiefs have all achieved something.
02:13Similarly, we have also achieved something.
02:15Yes, my achievement was that my focus was on
02:19the restructuring of the army,
02:22modernization of the weapon system,
02:24and the way non-contact warfare is discussed.
02:28If our focus goes in this direction,
02:31then I tried my best on this.
02:33To what extent have we been successful?
02:36Only you people can comment on this
02:38because you have seen it from the outside.
02:40We feel everything is fine from the inside,
02:41but the person who sees it from the outside,
02:43he knows the truth.
02:45What will you tell your successor, sir?
02:47Just now you will shake hands with him
02:50and handover charge.
02:52What is the one thing you will tell him?
02:54Move on.