Date: Tuesday, 27 January, 2009, 10:11 PM
Dear Colleagues
The Jantar Mantar battlefront is being manned by stalwarts from Bawal (Haryana).
BRIEF: IESM Meet at NOIDA
A very fruitful meeting of Ex Servicemen of Noida was held at Community Centre, Sector 37, Arun Vihar, Noida, at 1500 hrs on 27 Jan and attended by 196 all ranks from the Army, Navy and the Air Force. Organized by the inspiring efforts of Brig Ravi Devasar, Col KK Malhotra and Col VK Sekhri, it was admittedly one of the larger ESM gatherings at NOIDA.
Col Chaturvedi introduced both, the IESM as an organization, and his colleagues from the core group- Cmde Sharan Ahuja, Wg Cdr CK Sharma, Gp Capt Gandhi, Gen Renjen and Gen Satbir present at the meeting. Gen Satbir thereafter spoke in detail about events leading to creation of IESM, its efforts so far, and the need for constant inductions to grow in strength. He motivated the crowd to attend the rally on 8 Feb. By the Question Time, several members from the audience not only committed to bring more veterans along for the rally, but also promised to provide teams to man the Jantar Mantar front, starting 29 Jan 2009. Three members from the audience promised to organize buses at their expenses for the rally on 8 Feb.
Some Veterans present requested Gen Satbir Singh, to hold another meeting soon in Jal Vayu Vihar (Sectors 21 and 25 of NOIDA). They felt very inspired by the talk given by Gen Satbir and felt one more meeting in Jal Vayu Vihar will pull still larger number of ESM from NOIDA for the 08 Feb rally at Jantar Mantar. The meeting ended with informal interaction over a cup of tea, by which time, 62 members had signed up as members of IESM. Details would follow once accounting formalities are over. Many more veterans collected the membership forms and promised to submit them within next few days.
Other Locations
At Mysore due to active interest taken by Sgt MN Subramani and Maj Gen Vombatkare, 25 cheques have already been collected from new members. Names would follow. Well done.
At Goa 10 Naval and 20 Army personnel have decided to become members of the IESM. Good show.
We welcome Lt Gen Kanwaljit and Lt Gen Milan Naidu as our new members.
In Sum
It has been a very good day for the IESM. The ESM are coming together and have decided to seek justice for themselves.
Tally-ho
Only 11 days more to go for the 8 Feb rally. We must all attend and pursuade maximum ESM to come along.
Best regards,
Lt Gen (Emeritus) Raj Kadyan, PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Chairman IESM
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