By The People, For The People...

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Vihaan saw Dhriti walking towards him and he felt anxious. What his father was asking him to do was almost a suicide mission. She was the only daughter of India's first ever dictator. Well.. He was not officially dictator but still.

"Hello Major Vihaan" Dhriti came forward and smiled "It's nice to meet you again"

"Hello Miss Dhriti. It's nice to see you too" Vihaan smiled.

"Long time, right?" Dhriti said.

"Yeah. Really long" Vihaan was awkward.

"So everything is set? My team must be coming" Dhriti said.

"Yes. I'll be accompanying you throughout your tour" Vihaan said "I have set some places and got some set ups ready for documentary"

"You're really helping a lot. Thank you so much" She said.

"It's my duty" Vihaan said.

A silence was filled in room after this.

Vihaan cleared his throat "I have a meeting with General and then we can leave. Till then you can do whatever you want"

"Okay" Dhriti said "Then I'll be outside clicking some pictures of garden"

"Fine. I'll meet you there in half an hour" Vihaan said.

*****

Gurmeet was sitting on his throne like chair whilst everyone else sat around the table. Like everytime there was a pindrop silence. No one was talking. No one was even looking at Gurmeet.

Retired General Pratap Rathod was sitting next to Vihaan whilst Mahendra was sitting opposite to them.  There were some other members too. Pratap Rathod was an old man. He was tall and lean. He was fearlessly looking everywhere.

"Brigadier Dixit tells me that you want to talk to me about War" Gurmeet said.

"Yes" Pratap said fearlessly "I am here to criticise your method of handling problems"

Vihaan felt fear running down his spine. He knew this would happen but now that it was happening he was scared.

"And exactly what am I not doing properly?" Gurmeet asked.

"You've done everything wrong. I agree the old government was incapable of doing anything and that's why you had to do the coup. I was against it too but that's okay. After that you should've announced elections but you went along and created an army government. Now you started a civil war. This is not Indian Army. We are not trained like this. We are not supposed to govern we are supposed to protect" Pratap said with stern voice.

Mahendra was looking scared too. He knew Pratap was going to criticise but he was directly attacking General Gurmeet with words.

"Everything I did was for the country. Our country is a better place now because of me. Because of the decisions I made. You do not tell me what Indian army is. I am Indian Army. I am India" Gurmeet said proudly.

"Your attitude is wrong. Your intentions are good but you don't want to see that your ways are flawed. No one would dare tell you this so I came here. I am your senior. In your new pledge you said that I won't disrespect armed forces and here you are.. Making such decisions so that world can talk wrong about our army and our country" Pratap was getting angry.

"People are praising me" General Gurmeet shouted.

"You are blinded by power" Pratap shouted too "What's the next step? You're gonna use nuclear bombs in your own country because of this civil war?"

"If I want to kill all the terrorists then I would do that too" Gurmeet said.

Vihaan was shocked. Gurmeet was turning red. He could see all his veins bulging.