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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