India, April 24 -- By Aayush Sharma

New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): Former Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Mukund Naravane (Retd.) has broken his silence on the political controversy surrounding his unpublished memoir "Four Stars of Destiny", firmly defending his long-held position on the 2020 Indo-China border standoff and calling for the armed forces to be kept insulated from political narratives.

Speaking to ANI in an exclusive interview, General Naravane addressed a string of disputed issues from territorial claims along the Line of Actual Control to the civil-military chain of command in his most direct public remarks since the memoir row erupted in Parliament earlier this year.

At the centre of the controversy is General Nar...