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He maintained there was no confrontation between the government and the military.
"For 36 years, two branches of the same institution has maintained two dates of birth and that is why this controversy," he told reporters in his first detailed comments on the row that is before the Supreme Court now.
"It is unfortunate that it took years together but I don't agree with some of you that it is a civil-military controversy," Antony added.
He suggested the government had no role to play in the whole issue as this discrepancy was first noticed in 2006 by the Army headquarters and reconciled at that level then and later in 2008 by two respective chiefs.
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