· JANUARY 23, 2016
To be part of the Indian Army is an honor in itself. Army is one of the most
respectable job place in India and on every Republic Day, they carry out a
parade on Rajpath. The most unique thing about this parade from all these years
have been the Ex-Servicemen, who also parade on the streets of Rajpath.
But for the first time in the history of Republic Day,
the Ex- servicemen have decided to boycott the parade. “ If the government wants to show
everyone that they have done so much for us by implementing OROP, then they are
wrong. It is like letting us down. We have done so much for our country and now
we feel cheated”, said one of the veterans.
OROP is a scheme that will ensure
that the same pension will be paid to personnel retiring at the same rank with
the same length of service, irrespective of when they retired. According to statistics, there is
a difference of 82% between the pensions of sepoys retiring in 1996
and those in 2006. Among officers, the difference is 53%. Hence, without the
implementation of OROP, ex-servicemen are faced with a very unfair scenario- in
return for their service to our country, they have only a few years of
financial strain in store.
The NDA government promised OROP
to the veterans but the scheme is only used for playing politics and it’s
implementation still looks like a far cry. “So many assurances on one side
but nothing is changing on ground. There is NATO (No Action Talk Only) from
them“, Retd.
Wing Commander S D Karnik said. However Manohar Parrikar defended the
government saying, “I remember I said in January that OROP will be operationalised by
July.”
The government should urgently look into this issue as it is
not good sign if the veterans of the country feel let down by the government.
(Source- Illogical indian)
So. Does it make any difference to Modi or the Babus if Veterans do not participate in Republic Day Parade?????Just NO difference. Veterans can cry hoarse without any effect to the Govt.
ReplyDeleteFor once all the Chiefs should take a stand on similar lines. That the Army, Navy or Air Force will not participate in the Republic Day Parade. The decision has to be taken just a day before the big event. You will SEE THE RESULTS.It will shake the Govt.
Next time he may call other country PM along with their servicemen on republic day.What we promise as a politicians we need to miss the pro OROP.
DeleteNext time he may call other country PM along with their servicemen on republic day.What we promise as a politicians we need to miss the pro OROP.
DeleteNext time he may call other country PM along with their servicemen on republic day.What we promise as a politicians we need to miss the pro OROP.
DeleteThe government is confident that it could do without the Armed Forces and we have seen it in recent Pathankot episode and the non implementation of the OROP. All is not well in our security fron, and this government will be remembered in our history for wrong reasons for sure.
ReplyDeleteEssjay sir you are right at a wrong side. If our past and present top brass had the guts this day would have not come. When there was no reaction after the remarks by one MP regarding the soldiers including bottom to the top most what do you expect now.
ReplyDeleteSirs, "All between the cradle and the coffin in uncertain" This is the myth of human life. So dont worry rangaswamy till I am in battalion.
ReplyDeleteChoice of place of parade?JM or Rajpath. Those searching for truth choose the difficult path. As for the govt they thought a tableau could replace the larger than life - the ex serviceman!!!!
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