Ironically, all the good work of Operation Rahat is now being thrown out of the window, as the English language news channels and the principal opposition party are gearing up against Singh. At this juncture, it is surprising that his own party, the BJP, and his senior Cabinet colleagues are maintaining an almost deafening silence. Apart from a few leaders like Subramanian Swamy, the party on the whole has distanced itself from the General and his tweet, terming it his personal choice of words. This reaction (or the lack of it) reeks of a stale kind of political correctness that India has seen over the decades.