A delegation of ex-servicemen on Sunday met finance minister Arun Jaitley and submitted a memorandum seeking “corrections” in the One Rank One Pension (OROP) notification, as their protest on the issue entered the 203rd day.
“A five-member delegation met the finance minister and told him that the actual OROP has not been granted. The notification issued has serious flaws and we requested him for corrections in it and granting of actual OROP as per the approved definitions,” retired General Satbir Singh said.
“The minister has assured us that he will speak to the defence minister about our demands,” he added.
A group of 100 ex-servicemen including those from Haryana, Punjab, UP and NCR area also protested outside Jaitley’s residence and then moved to Jantar Mantar here.
“For last 6 months, our ex-servicemen are protesting at Jantar Mantar demanding OROP which has been passed by both Houses of Parliament. But the government has been neglecting our demands again and again. It is our request to give us our real OROP,” Arif Ali Khan, one of the protesters, said.
“We had given a notice to the government 21 days ago that we have been protesting peacefully so far. But we have been forced now to go beyond Jantar Mantar. We will now resort to blocking traffic, train and roads if they remain deaf to our demands. We will also disrupt Parliament if need be”, he said.
Another veteran lieutenant Kameshwar Pandey said, “we feel cheated as this is not the real OROP what government has promised. A proper parliamentary procedure must be followed to make any amendments. We just want the government to refrain from such manipulations”.
Source: TOI
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I think the politician sitting at the key post don't understand the value of the peaceful agitation of the veteran soldiers. They conveniently forget the organisational ability of the soldiers. Please don't compel them to use force to get their legitimate demands. It is not only an insult to the nation but it will create ugly scar on the face of our armed forces. Our Army is the best in the World. There is a saying that If the Indian Army, British Navy and US Air force put together under one command there will not be any force in the world to defeat them. We must not put our uniformed force to beg for their rights. It will degrade their status in front of other nations. Respect them like our guardian they are protecting us from the external aggression. The result of 1961 may happen if our soldier if their morale is driven to the edge of breakdown. We must remember soldiers of today are the ex-servicemen of tomorrow.