Posted: 08 Oct 2015 06:50 PM PDT
One Rank One Pension : UFESM plans to return 10000 gallantry medals to PM
Major
General Satbir Singh(Retd.), leader and adviser of the United Front of
Ex-Servicemen, says that the action will bring to the people’s notice
that the Centre has not fulfilled our demands on One Rank One Pension.
We
have planned to return our gallantry medals to the government if it
intentionally continues to delay implementing the OROP scheme without
making the modifications that we have sought for. This time, we won’t be
returning them to the President. We will hand them over to the Prime
Minister himself!
Ex-servicemen
who have been conducting relay hunger strikes at Jantar Mantar for the
past 115 days demanding the implementation of OROP have decided to hand
over 10,000 gallantry medals to the Prime Minister as a sign of their
protest. They have written a letter to Narendra Modi in this regard.
This was informed by Retired Major General Satbir Singh, who also is a
prominent member of the protest committee.
Although
the Centre had, on September 5, agreed in principle, to implement OROP,
ex-servicemen are continuing to protest because they are frustrated
that seven very important clauses have not been added to the scheme. “We
are planning to return the medals to him because PM Modi had promised
during the elections, that he will implement OROP. Also, we want the
people to know that though OROP was announced, our demands have not been
accepted,” he said.
At
the time of accepting the demand, on September 5, the Government had
said that it will issue proper orders within a month. More than a month
has passed, but there are no signs of the orders.
Meanwhile,
the United Front of Ex-Servicemen has announced that it will hold a
massive rally in Jalandhar on October 18 to protest against the
Government’s reluctance and delay in implementing the OROP. While
replying to a question, Brigadier Amarjit Singh Minhas said that only 2
percent of the ex-servicemen are happy with the OROP announcement. Seven
important demands, including annual revision of pension, year of
implementation, one-man commission, and inclusion of soldiers who have
taken premature retirement, have not been accepted by the Government.
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E.R.Iyer
