{"id":444,"date":"2017-01-15T21:08:15","date_gmt":"2017-01-15T15:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/?p=444"},"modified":"2017-01-15T21:09:39","modified_gmt":"2017-01-15T15:39:39","slug":"using-social-media-voice-grievances-punishable-offense-army-chief-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/using-social-media-voice-grievances-punishable-offense-army-chief-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Using social media to voice grievances is a punishable offense: army chief to soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Delhi:<\/strong> Using social media to voice grievances can get soldiers punished, army chief Bipin Rawat warned on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>He was reacting for the first time to a Facebook video posted by a solider accusing corruption in the army and complaining of bad quality food for jawans.<\/p>\n<p>While addressing the Army Day Function, army chief Rawat referred to the use of social media by soldiers to voice grievances as crime. &#8220;A few colleagues are using social media to draw the media&#8217;s attention to their problems. It affects the morale of the jawans and thereby the army&#8230; You can be held guilty of a crime&#8230; and get punished,&#8221; he warned.<\/p>\n<p>He said that soldiers can approach him directly if they have any grievances, but in no way they can use social media because this was not how the army operated.<\/p>\n<p>Tej Bahadur Yadav had kicked up a controversy recently when he posted a Facebook video saying that the quality of food served at the Line of Control by the Border Security Forces (BSF).<\/p>\n<p>As the video went viral, Yadav\u2019s statements drew attention of the mainstream media, causing embarrassment to the army.<\/p>\n<p>Besides causing embarrassment to the army, the attention also encouraged other soldiers to post videos on social media channels including You Tube.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the storm created by Yadav, army officers posted a video in defense. 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