New Delhi, May 11 (PTI) Air Chief Marshal P V Naik today disfavoured the creation of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) "in the present format" and said it will only obstruct the system.
"I would like to emphasise and reiterate that IAF is all for the formation of CDS, but we are against appointment of CDS in the present format...The appointment in this format will only create another obstruction to the system," Naik said here.
Addressing a seminar at the Centre for Land Warfare and Studies (CLAWS), Naik said the IAF was against the proposal to appoint a four-star or five-star serving officer as the CDS.
"A four-star or five-star (officer) is the head of Integrated Defence Staff (IDS), make him CDS, no we don't want that...