Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh

MUMBAI: Coming out in support of his military successor General Bipin Rawat's remark on the illegal Bangladeshi immigrants and the rise of Assam's All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), Union minister VK Singh on Friday said that the Army chief should be allowed to say whatever he wants to.

The Union Minister said that an Army General can say what he wants to and it should not be politicised.

"We have a habit of politicizing everything. Let the army chief say what he wants to," VK Singh told media here.