Anna Hazare Prepares for Nationwide Protests for OROP
Anna Hazare has announced that he will
soon launch nationwide protests against the Land Acquisition Act and for
the implementation of OROP.
The government under Narendra Modi is
getting ready to make amendments to the current Land Acquisition Act and
implement it. The new Bill was presented in the Parliament and passed.
But, the upper house hasn’t yet cleared the Bill due to insufficient
majority. The Bill has met with staunch opposition from the opposition
parties, including Congress, and social activist Anna Hazare.
Anna Hazare, who shot to fame when he
protested against corruption during the Congress regime, is now fighting
with the BJP for OROP and against the land acquisition bill. Hazare had
interacted with the representatives of ex-servicemen associations and
had discussed the OROP issue with them. Former Colonel Dinesh Nain, and
Brigadier Kartar Singh had participated in the meeting which took place
at Anna Hazare’s hometown of Ralegan Siddhi.
Speaking to the newspersons after the
meeting, Hazare said, “BJP, in its election campaign, had assured that
it will implement One Rank One Pension if it is voted to power. More
than a year has passed since it took over, and nothing has happened. Why
is it not showing the same eagerness with which it is trying to
implement the Land Acquisition Act, to OROP too?
Stressing both the demands, Hazare has
announced that he will launch an indefinite fast from Gandhi Jayanti day
(October 2) onwards.
Source: www.cgstaffnews.in
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