The Defence Ministry has ordered its top commanders to communicate to their rank and file that no officer or jawan should express any view on Anna Hazare's protest against Corruption.

Sources have told Headlines Today that Defence Minister A.K. Antony has made it clear that he does not want any senior generals talking out of turn and taking a stand on such an issue in public.

Defence veterans have shown solidarity with Hazare, who is on a fast unto death at Delhi's Jantar Mantar over the Lokpal Bill issue.