Last Updated: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - 08:34
Lucknow: Thousands of retired Army men from Uttar Pradesh will participate in a protest demonstration to press for 'one rank, one pension' at New Delhi's Jantar Mantar on June 14, an office-bearer of the Bhootporva Sainik Sangh said on Wednesday.
The retired Army men directorate data shows that more than 3.76 lakh retired military personnel live in Uttar Pradesh, with 23,438 living in the state capital alone, who are looking for an amicable solution to the long standing issue of one rank, one pension.
Office-bearers of the retired Army body said they were very hopeful that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would look into their demands but not much progress has taken place in the last one year.
"We are still hopeful about a resolution to the whole impasse but in case our demands are not met with now, we will return all our medals to the government during the protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi," a retired Army colonel, now working with a private firm, told a news agency.
The Bhootporva Sainik Sangh has also written a letter to Prime Minister Modi to come out with a solution.
Referring to a recent radio programme, wherein Modi reiterated his government's commitment on the one rank, one pension issue, a retired officer said that ex-servicemen were "still hopeful" but were going ahead with the protest in the national capital.
Uttar Pradesh has 3,26,191 retired army personnel, 43,700 retired from the Indian Air Force (IAF) and 17,628 from the Indian Navy.
(Source- Zee News)
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ReplyDeletei am very happy to know our UP veterans are first to take part in the protest. being ex army, we should maintain high standard of discipline, dignity and honor while making speech on the dais. there should be no derogatory , uncharitable or unparliamentary remarks on any one. people should prevail upon modi to implement it.people must realise the double speech of BJP party, a great liar, only to enthrone themselves they may go any extent to cheat the people, particularly theen moorthian MODI revolving around the world at the cost of taxpayer , the man who does not know how many days for a week, month or year, charter of time that is manohar parikar third one mr jaitley, he is not able to decipher his own english version in the matter of OROP
There is some news floating around stating that 7th pay commission will submit its report in August 2015. So is the game being passed on to 7th pay commission and one will never know when it is going to materialize if at all.
ReplyDeleteThere is some news floating around stating that 7th pay commission will submit its report in August 2015. So is the game being passed on to 7th pay commission and one will never know when it is going to materialize if at all.
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