Major General Amrik Singh, GOC 4 Division, had attended the Lucknow conference where Exercise Lal Qila was held. He had returned to Tezpur echoing the sentiment prevalent in Delhi rather than Lucknow. He let it be known that, in his opinion, the Eastern Army Commander had been rather ‘vague’ as he did not have any first-hand knowledge of the ground, having ‘prepared his assessment off a map’.
