On Sunday, protesting ex-servicemen signed a letter in blood to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding an early implementation of the ‘One Rank One Pension’ (OROP) scheme.
On the 133rd day of their relay hunger strike at Jantar Mantar, the veterans said that the announcement made by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on September 5 regarding the implementation of OROP had “seven serious shortcomings”.
If implemented without the removal of the shortcomings, it will kill the definition of OROP, the letter claimed.
The letter further accused Parrikar of “changing the goalpost” every now and then.
The protesting veterans asked Modi to issue a notification to implement the OROP scheme at the earliest.
The spokesperson for the Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement, Col (retd) Anil Kaul, said the letter was signed in blood by around 200 general officers and others.
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