It is a very sad state of affairs that our beloved Four retired Generals are constrained to write to the Supreme Cammander, The PRESIDENT about the inordinate Delay in releasing the OROP.
The repeated promises have vanished , a disappointment for the veterans and lost the faith in our Prime Minister., The Defence Minister and the last the Finance Minister.
Now it is a very much uneasy situation among not only the veterans but also the serving soldiers.
It is not at all good for the country.
Raising the stakes against the
government on the issue of One Rank One Pension ahead of the 68th Independence
Day, four respected and decorated former service chiefs have written to
President Pranab Mukherjee requesting his intervention.
General SF Rodrigues (Retd), Admiral
L Ramdas (Retd), Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd) and Admiral Sureesh Mehta (Retd)
wrote a strong worded letter drawing the President’s attention as the Supreme
Commander of the armed forces in India.
General SF Rodrigues (Retd),
Admiral L Ramdas (Retd), Admiral Sureesh Mehta (Retd) and Admiral Arun Prakash
(Retd). (L-R)
The denial of OROP’s implementation
has, “the potential to cause immense damage to India’s military edifice and
hence, to our National Security” says the letter.
…denial
of OROP is merely the last straw that has exhausted the Veterans’ patience. It
appears to be the culmination of a process by which successive Pay Commissions
have been used to whittle down the financial and protocol status of the
military over the years vis-à-vis their civilian counterparts.
SOI; Ex-Servicemen Welfare.
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