PPCC chief Capt Amarinder Singh (left) with members of ex-servicemen organisations during a march in Chandigarh on Thursday. tribune photo: Manoj mahajan
Tribune News ServiceChandigarh, September 15
Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Capt Amarinder Singh today joined the defence veterans’ march to Governor VP Singh Badnore to submit a memorandum. They stated that they supported the stand taken by three defence services’ chiefs against the alleged bias against defence personnel in the Seventh Pay Commission.The march was led by Lt Gen (retd) SS Brar, the seniormost amongst the veterans.Senior Congress leaders Ambika Soni, Asha Kumari and Harish Chaudhary too participated in the march.The memorandum addressed to the President, who is also the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, read, “The community of veterans across the country fully endorses the stand taken by the Chiefs of Army, Navy and Air Force with regard to the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission.”Capt Amarinder said such repeated “wrong” steps on the part of the government demoralised the defence forces. He said India could not afford to do that considering it had “a belligerent China and a mischievous Pakistan” as its neighbours. “Just because our soldiers are disciplined does not mean their rights should be trampled upon,” he said, saying that the anomalies should be removed at the earliest.
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