"Ego Issues": Top Army Officer's Controversial Review Of Women Colonels

Defence sources have told NDTV that the Army is committed to the induction of women officers and that the senior officer's suggestions are meant to improve training standards

Nearly two years after the Army promoted 108 woman officers to the rank of Colonel after Supreme Court's landmark judgment, a top general has flagged multiple concerns, including "mundane ego issues" and "lack of empathy" in eight Colonel-rank women officers under his command.

Lieutenant General Rajeev Puri, who completed his tenure as commander of 17 Mountain Strike Corps on November 20, has written to General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command, Lt General Ram Chander Tiwari, listing findings of an "in-house review".

Defence sources, however, have told NDTV that the Army is committed to the induction of women officers and that the senior officer's suggestions are meant to improve training standards.