- Some government officials have said it needs to be probed if the veteran was instigated to end his life.
- TMC leader Derek O’Brien and Congress’ Deepender Singh Hooda visited the family’s residence before Grewal’s funeral.
- Rahul Gandhi and Arvind Kejriwal reached Bhiwani to attend the funeral along with several other leaders.
- Haryana government announced Rs 10 lakh compensation and a government job for family.
- Kejriwal announced Rs 1 Crore compensation for the family and said will fight against government for OROP.
- Grewal’s son said the Delhi Police detained them on Wednesday and beat them up.
- BJP MP Satyapal Singh said the Delhi Police mishandled the situation.
- Meanwhile, MoS Rijiju said how the police handles a situation is to their discretion and ministers don’t intervene.
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday met ex-serviceman in Delhi, and after an hour-long meet speaking to the media trained his guns on PM Narendra Modi for his government’s lack of seriousness towards the OROP issue.
Narendra Modi Ji you should stop lying and work to implement OROP. It is the right of armed forces personnel and the government will have to give it. I met 60-80 experienced people (ex-servicemen) today. They say that what Modiji is calling OROP is nothing more than a pension enhancement.
Earlier, a massive political drama erupted after ex-serviceman Ram Kishan Grewal committed suicide allegedly over the One Rank One Pension (OROP) issue on Wednesday.
A day after Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal were detained along with several other leaders for trying to enter the hospital to meet the veteran’s family, they went to Bhiwani to attend Grewal’s funeral on Thursday.
BJP ally Shiv Sena also sided with the Congress and AAP, condemning the conduct of the policeman at the OROP agitation.
Congress VP Rahul Gandhi has been released by police after being in detention for almost two hours.
In an odd show of support, the Shiv Sena sided with the Congress and AAP leaders and condemned the conduct of policemen at the OROP agitation.
Action of Delhi Police ‘condemnable and shameful’.Shiv Sena