New Delhi, 3/4: Army Lieutenant General Manoj Pande is all set to become Chief of the Army Staff with incumbent Army Chief General M M Naravane, seen as the frontrunner for the Chief of Defence Staff’s post, due to retire by the end of this month.
Lt Gen Pande will take over the reins as he is the senior most in the force after General Naravane.
In the meantime, Gen Naravane is the front runner for the post of Chief of Defence Staff after the passing of General Bipin Rawat in a helicopter crash December last year.
General Rawat, his wife Madhulika and 12 armed personnel were killed in a chopper crash on December 8, 2021.
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