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Sekhon asked to resign
By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, MARCH 13. Air Marshal Manjit Singh Sekhon, Air Officer Commanding, Southern Air Command, who had reportedly approached the former Punjab Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal, for a prestigious posting, is understood to have been asked by the Government to put in his papers.

Air Marshal Sekhon last year asked the Chief Minister to use his influence with the Prime Minister to appoint him as Air Officer Commanding of the Delhi- based Western Air Command. Reports had surfaced recently on the move of Sekhon approaching Mr. Badal with undertones of politicisation in the top echelons of the defence services.

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