{"id":103311,"date":"2016-11-30T14:43:16","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T09:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youthkiawaaz.com\/?p=103311"},"modified":"2016-12-01T12:32:37","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T07:02:37","slug":"dragging-army-into-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.youthkiawaaz.com\/2016\/11\/dragging-army-into-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"This Army Officer Has The Perfect Response To All Who Say ‘Think Of The Soldiers’"},"content":{"rendered":"
Editor’s note:<\/strong> Since the night of November 8, when PM Modi sprang the surprise of demonetisation on the nation, many have spoken about how the move has caused them utter inconvenience. Over the last few days, on social media and in person, those who have complained about standing in queues at banks and ATMs for hours have often been reminded about the sacrifice of our soldiers at the border. What inconvenience is this, compared to that sacrifice, they have been asked.<\/em><\/p> Lt. Col. (Retd.) Darshan Dhillon too was subjected to the same question at an ATM queue recently. His reply stunned the questioner (“I told him that I did that on border for 20 years and standing here to withdraw my pension…”) and his post<\/a> about this on Facebook has since been shared over 8,600 times. He writes on YKA about why it is unfair to compare everything to the sacrifice of our soldiers, and why that can’t be a constant measure of our patriotism.<\/em><\/p> By Lt. Col. (Retd.) Darshan Dhillon:<\/strong><\/p>