The Ekta Rally was held at JANTAR MANTAR on 12-9-2015. About 18000 veterans and families attended the Rally . They demanded full implementation of OROP in its Rightful form.
Ex-servicemen now threaten 'fast-unto-death' over OROP
Ex-servicemen on Saturday threatened to launch "fast-unto-death"
agitation if the government does not remove the "anomalies" in the
'One-Rank, One-Pension' scheme announced by it last week as hundreds of
veterans held a 'Sainik Ekta' rally.
The rally at Jantar Mantar was attended byex-servicemen from
22 states and five Union Territories, the organisers claimed. "We have
all resolved to continue our protest till such time that the government
removes the seven anomalies in the OROP scheme announced by them," said
Maj Gen (Retd) Satbir Singh, President of Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement,
who is spearheading the agitation since about 90 days.
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