I suspect Modo is peeved with the recently retired Air force chief due to heavy losses suffered by AF during last operations rather than the Sardar's public pronouncements. Defence folks also have a heavy coating of teflon vis-a-vis politicians, esp this Sardar in particular.
Claimhotra is an embarrassment - to claim that a person of the calibre and erudition of Swami SP learnt only because of his book 馃槶. To fade away gracefully for intellectual types is impossible.