Exclusive: Narendra Modi has betrayed the very trust of us soldiers: Army General on OROP
They call themsleves nationalists. If they were nationalists, they will honour the commitment made to the soldiers. Let Mr Modi come on TV to say that he doesn’t have money
to pay to the soldiers, we will finish our agitation. But has he guts to say that to the country?”
In an extraordinary development, as many as 11 Generals sat on hunger
strike on Saturday with their demands on OROP. They were joined by 15
more Generals that included five Lt Generals, one Admiral of Indian
Navy and 10 Major Generals on Sunday.
Maj General Satbir said that the soldiers were determined to take
their fight to its logical end adding that “we don’t leave the
battlefield until we’ve either won or lost, or we are POWs or we’ve
captured.”
He said, “Military training has taught us to finish our task. There’s
no middle ground. It’s not a fight against the government. It’s a fight against injustice. 15 months time delay is unacceptable. We are hurt, we are angry with our prime minister, angry to the core. He’s gone back on his assurance. If his finance minister is not delivering, he should haul him up and tell him to clear the Rs 8300 crores. File is lying with the FM since 17 March 2015.”
The Generals were invited by the defence minister Manohar Parriker after the Army Chief General Suhag and the Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrashekhar reportedly intervened and facilitated the minister’s meeting with the protesting army veterans. Parriker has agreed to meet them again early next week. Maj Gen Satbir said that there were 6,75,000 widows of the defence forces and over 24 lakh retired officers adding that “these thirty lakh believed in Modi, who betrayed them spectacularly.”
Life is like that: For bureaucrats retirement is world's longest coffee break but for ExServiceMen it is extreme TENSION with lesser PENSION.
ReplyDeleteAbraham Lincoln said, “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” This pertinently applies to the FM and the PM who are postponing the OROP for reasons known to them alone. If they want to cash votes in Bihar elections by timing the OROP to come out then, all the steam will be wasted. The public is fully with the ExServiceMen with empathy. If the government goes alone to celebrate the Golden Jubilee Victory celebrations stealing Lal Bahadur Shastri and his vociferous slogan "Jai Kisan, Jai Jawan" from Congress, they will be a laughing stock as the veterans were left out as unwanted. Mr Modi must know that leadership is solving problems. In our case he is an utter flop, so is the case with Kisans too.
ReplyDeleteShameless Government. Having no time to give importance to the voice of veterans. Keen to save Ms. Sushma, Vasundra and Pankaja Munde. Interested in the issues of Lalit Moldi and Ms. Hema Malini. So proud of incrfeasing pay and pensionary benefits to the MPs who have served for the nation for a long while.
ReplyDeleteBrief and call his wife also for OROP DEMONSTRATION.
ReplyDeleteVery soon we are going to hear from our Political friends a new argument. Father of the Nation MAHATHMA GHANDHI was an ex service man and he has taken part in war in South Africa.,But he had not asked for ONE RANK ONE PENSION..
ReplyDeleteIf fact Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi fought the British Empire.
DeleteTHIS NDA GOVT IS NOTHING SHORT OF BANANA REPUBLIC>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!CAN WE VETERANS TRUST ANYONE INCLUDING OUR PRESENT CHIEFS LEAVE ASIDE MINISTERS & PARLIAMENTARIANS.GOD BLESS INDIA.
ReplyDeleteThe way we served the nation maintainng dicipline, guarding the sky & border risking precious life as a part of duty & sacrifice,ignoring personal & family comforts,being subjected to all kinds of professinal difficulties & expecting that the nation will serve us back during our old age with dignity & honour.Politicians governing the country appears to be promising a lot & damaging the sense of pride of the serving comfatants
ReplyDeleteManohar Parrikar has repeatedly said in the past that the government has completed all formalities and OROP will be implemented soon. When is that "soon? Making the OROP Scheme a reality?" None including the PM refuses to answer. Will these ministers accept such evasive answers when the Armed Forces are on battle field? But why they give a long rope to themselves? Nothing is more frustrating to a reader than a story that leaves an obvious question unanswered. Sometimes the writer and editor know the background so well that they forget to include all the basics. Sometimes a crucial fact can’t be learned on deadline; in that case, we should say so clearly, so readers don’t go back and forth through the story wondering how they missed it. This is where the unanswered OROP too is stagnated.
ReplyDeleteThe government/bureaucracy of the day is fighting the Indian Soldiers/ESM helping the enemies directly. What a paradox?
ReplyDeleteVery unfortunately Govt is not understanding the severity of the issue, How our veterans are spending days. This Govt is making them from poorer to beggers.
ReplyDeleteThe 6CPC created a monster called Grade Pay and this caused disparity in the designation of civilians and Armed Forces Officers in the MoD. For further reading go to site,
ReplyDeletehttp://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/disparity-in-babus-designation-rocks-defence-ministry/103303.html