Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, February 21
Lt Gen HS Panag (retd), the father of actor Gul Panag, said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was attracting the lower middle class as well as the intelligentsia and was improving its learning curve.
After joining the party, Lt Gen Panag said he found the party's leaders sincere, honest and humble. "Despite initial shortcomings there appears to be a method in their madness," he said.
An officer from the Mechanised Infantry, Panag is now based in Panchkula. He had served as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Northern Command and the Central Command, following which he had a four-year stint as an administrative member with the Chandigarh Bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal.
As a member of the AAP, he would be guiding the party on its approach towards national security issues, strategic affairs and matters concerning the welfare of ex-servicemen. Though he has declined to contest elections, saying that he does not have the social base or the temperament for it, he would actively participate in public events like rallies, debates and electoral campaigns in support of candidates.
"We keep criticising people and policies while sitting in an armchair. I felt that if you have to do something then you have to really get into it. Then came the question of which party to join and after examining the options I concluded that AAP best suited my temperament and individual perceptions," he said. "Being a new party, there is also a greater chance of being heard within the hierarchical order," he added.
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