The position of the CDS is coveted as well as complicated. The CDS, conventionally, is expected to be a ‘first among equals’, a five-star officer who will be senior to the three Service Chiefs.
The occupant, at best, would remain a lame duck enjoying the privileges of
power and position but with little benefit to the people who have elected him/her with great aspirations.
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