Ex-Army Chief Gen V K Singh to file nomination tomorrow

NEW DELHI: Former Army Chief Gen V K Singh, who was embroiled in a major row over his age, will file his nomination tomorrow and cite his date of birth as May 10, 1951 which was not accepted by the government.

He is BJP's candidate from the Ghaziabad Lok Sabha constituency.

"As per the law of this country, it is the high school certificate which is used as the proof for your age and it applies in my case also. I will be mentioning my high school certificate date of birth in the nomination papers," he told PTI here.

He also attacked his AAP rival Shazia Ilmi over her tweet questioning his date of birth saying the she should first know the law of the country before putting out such tweets.

Gen Singh was engaged in a long-drawn battle with the government where he claimed May 10, 1951 to be his date of birth whereas the government claimed that it was May 10, 1950.

Had the Government accepted his claim, he would have got 10 more months as Army Chief and retired in March 2013 instead of May 2012.

This would have also upset the line of succession in the Army.