Gen V K Singh replies to J&K speaker's notice

Former Army Chief Gen (retd) V K Singh today submitted his reply to a breach of privilege notice issued by the Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, a spokesman of the Legislative Assembly said.
State Assembly Speaker Mubarak Gul had on October 24 issued notice to the former Army Chief asking him to explain his position on his allegation of pay-offs to some ministers from the Army's secret funds during his tenure.
Gul received a copy of the reply from Gen Singh along with a CD today, the spokesperson said, adding that the reply would be examined by him for deciding further course of action.

The reply was in response to the breach of privilege notice received by him from some ministers and members of the House, he said.
The notice by the Assembly Speaker was issued in response to a privilege motion moved against him by 15 ministers and MLAs, including those of National Conference.
Gen Singh had made the allegation while commenting on a report in an English daily, which had claimed that Technical Services Division, an intelligence unit of the Army created during his tenure, had paid Rs 1.19 crore to state minister Ghulam Hassan Mir allegedly to destabilise the Omar Abdullah government in 2010.

While Mir denied any wrong doing, the Chief Minister wrote a letter on September 25 to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking a credible probe into the allegation for restoring faith of people in mainstream politicians in the state.