VETERANS BEGIN FAST UNTO DEATH AT JANTAR MANTAR

4th Veteran Hav Abilash Singh Hospitalised.

 

Dear Veterans,

Today on 25 Aug being the 72st day of Hunger strike at Jantar mantar.About 31 veterans from Sangrur (Punjab) & 2 from UP total 33 veterans were on Hunger strike.All veterans  from Punjab are AFVAI members.At 10.30 hrs.Doctors declared all the three FUD  veterans  medically fit but at 1600 hrs condition of Hav  Ashok Chauhan & Hav Major Singh deteriorated & doctors declared them not in good health.The doctors advised to shift  both the veterans to hospital but they did not agree.After prolonged effort  we managed to  shift Hav Ashok Chauhan to hospital  however Hav Major Singh refused to be shifted to Hospital.Nobody called veterans for meeting& whatever floating in air is roumour.

GS Sindhu

Gen Secretary AFVAI.

veterans walk out of meet with Army chief

The government’s efforts to break the deadlock over the demand for implementation of the One Rank-One Pension (OROP) scheme saw another failure on Thursday night. During a meeting with Army Chief General Dalbir Singh, the ex-servicemen’s representatives walked out over disagreement regarding the proposed annual hike in pension and the date of implementation of the revised pensions. The veterans also threatened to intensify their agitation. Some of them have already rejected the government’s invitation for celebrations marking 50 years of the 1965 war, which begin Friday. On receiving a message from Army Chief General Dalbir Singh, Maj Gen (retd) Satbir Singh and Lt Gen (retd) Balbir Singh reached South Block at about 7 pm… They waited for Nripendra Misra, principal secretary, PMO, but he was busy. The meeting was attended by a joint secretary in the PMO… The disagreement persisted over the annual hike. The government has been offering an increase every five years, while we are demanding three per cent hike every year. The government has agreed to our demand of considering 2013-14 as base year for the proposed revision in pension,” said Colonel (retd) Anil Kaul, spokesperson of United Front of Ex Servicemen. Meanwhile, two other veterans were admitted to the hospital Thursday after their health condition deteriorated due to the hunger strike.

EX-SERVICEMEN OBSERVE 15th AUGUST AS BLACK DAY

Ex-servicemen celebrates independence day with National flag at half mast

Ex-servicemen observe today on 15th Aug2015 as BLACK DAY in protest against the apathy of the govt towards the implementation of OROP for ARMED FORCES OF INDIA & protest against the police atrocities inflicted on un armed octogenerian Ex-servicemen sitting on the peaceful HUNGER STRIKE at JANTAR MANTAR on 14th August2015

Ex-Servicemen Demanding One Rank One Pension Resist Eviction

New Delhi:  In a drive to secure and sanitise the capital ahead of Independence Day, the police this morning began evicting various groups on protest at Jantar Mantar, the venue designated for protests in the heart of Delhi.
The biggest resistance has come from ex-servicemen who have been protesting here for the past two months, demanding one rank one pension from the NDA government.

A few of the 50-odd ex-servicemen, who were on a relay hunger strike at Jantar mantar and refused to leave, were seen being dragged and pushed. NDMC trucks were seen dismantling one of the tents put up by them.

The New Delhi Municipal Corporation, which is carrying out this operation, says they remove tents pitched in the area every year to clean and prep it. But this time around the timing had coincided with Independence Day preparations due to security concerns.

WHEN NATION CELEBARATES ITS INDIPENDENCE DAY SOLDIERS ARE ON 61th DAY OF HUNGER STRIKE AT JM FOR THEIR PENSION

Dear Veterans,
Today being the 60th day of huger strike.16 vets from JHAJJAR ( Haryana) were on HS. Number of audiences were also good from 1100 AM to 1800PM.
We five members delegation met with Mr Vijay Goyal MP BJP at 1600PM. 
Our members were :-
1. Maj GEN SATBIR SINGH
2. GP CAPT VK GANDHI
3. COL INDERJIT SINGH
4. Nb Sub GS SIDHU
5 Hon Lt K PANDEY
I think he was testing us,how much we tired of HS.He was saying pl call of HS.
Then said Govt ready to implement OROP taking base date 2006 and effective dateFor payment Apr 2015.
WE REJECTED ABOVE TWO POINTS STRAIGHT WAY.EVEN GEN SATBIR SAID 'SIR DONT WAST TIME' .
then Col INDERJIT S briefed very strongly.Hon min understood our points.
Then min said PM may agree ,pension of 2011 should b taken as base line and payment From April 2015.
WE REJECTED ,AND SAID NO COMPROMISE WITH DEFINITION WHICH TWO PARLIAMENT
HAVE PASSED .
All together, we understood these min playing bargain game.In the last We said sorry,Your offers not acceptable to us.Meeting lasted at 1700 pm. Nothing was the out put of this meeting.
 Best Regds.
G S SIDHU.
Gen Secy
AFVAI