Silent Protest against Recommendations of SCPC at Chandigarh

The silent event for persons living at Chandigarh and surrounding areas would be held at 1100 h on Sunday 27 April at the War Memorial located at the Bougainville Garden in Sector-3, Chandigarh.

The modalities would be as under:

All assemble outside the Garden at 1100 h.

All ranks, their spouses and families are requested to attend.

Officers and JCO’s are encouraged to wear regimental or any military neck-tie.

All ranks should wear medals – miniature medals for officers and full medals for PBOR. Regimental caps may also be worn.

All are requested to wear a black band on their left sleeve.

The proceedings will be in accordance with military ethos and discipline. There should be no slogan shouting and there will be no speeches.

Carrying of placards is discouraged. Static banners may be displayed at the venue, if considered absolutely essential.

All are encouraged to carry a candle, a flower or a bunch of flowers, which may be placed at the designated place at the Memorial.

After the assembly, at a signal by the organisers, individuals or small groups, not exceeding six, will move inside the Memorial and place their flowers/candles at the designated place and then move to the central area in front of the Memorial. This will be a continuous process. When all have assembled in the central area, a gong will be sounded for all to stand at attention and observe two minutes silence. At the end of two minutes, the gong will be sounded again to signify the end of the silence period. Thereafter, all will disperse in an orderly manner.

The media is being invited to attend in strength and cover the event fully.

The overall aim is to convey the concerns of the veterans, through the media, at the grossly anti- services bias of the Pay Commission.

Similar, or locally modified events, at maximum cities and towns, preferably on the same date, may be organized to get maximum impact.

This is for information of all Retired Officers, ESM and Veteran Organistions in India to coordinate the silent protest. For those organisations abroad a letter to Indian Consulate be handed over to lodge our protest.