NEW DELHI: BJP president Rajnath Singh on Sunday criticised the United Progressive Alliance government’s “neglect” of ex-servicemen’s demand of “one-rank-one pension” even after they returned to the government their most precious life possession – medals, which they earned while serving the country.
In a statement, he said the BJP fully supported their demand, which include resettlement of veterans, formation of a separate commission for the ex-servicemen, compensation for war-disabled and early retirement. He assured them that the party would consider the issue seriously by including their demand of “one-rank-one pension” in the NDA manifesto and ensure a satisfactory solution was found at the earliest after coming to power at the Centre.
With the Sixth Pay Commission’s recommendation of increasing the salaries of the armed forces every 10 years, the gap between the pensions received by those who retired before the implementation of the respective commissions had widened and it would further complicate the situation in the future.
“It is the prime responsibility and duty of the government in power to sincerely consider the problems faced by ex-servicemen, as every serving soldier today will be an ex-servicemen tomorrow,” he said.
NDA for one-rank-one pension for ex-servicemen
Comment: One hopes this is not an election slogan to be forgotten! Both ruling and opposition parties make promises for welfare of ESM but nothing tangible has materialised through the Red Tape Bureaucracy in the past 60 years!
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