Date: Friday, 20 March, 2009, 8:24 PM
Dear Colleagues,
The Jantar mantar venue continues to remain under the charge of local team from Gurgaon.
IESM and Politics
There has been unfortunate apprehension among some ESM regarding the perceived political forays of the IESM. It might have been partly due to misinterpreting the emails emanating from Core Gp members. Pressed for time, and in our effort to keep the brotherhood updated, our communications at times may take liberty with clarity for the sake of speed and brevity. Satbir is the latest mouse-victim in this regard, for which he has been cavilled. His reference to “Power of Vote” was actually intended to convey that the current political milieu in the country has come to recognise the collective voting strength of the ESM community.
Let me put any nagging doubts at rest. The IESM is an apolitical body and is intended to be kept so. We have buttoned up with an existing registered party– Rashtriya Raksha Dal- and some candidates would be fielded under their symbol. Some others may fight as Independents and we will support them. However, this support would be in several forms but no IESM finances will be utilised for elections. Whatever skimpy sum we have been able to collect through your kind contributions/ donations is your trust with us and we will use it only for furthering the IESM cause. I request that we close the to-and-fro exchanges on this subject.
Visits
Gen Satbir and his team leave for Punjab tonight to attend ESM rallies at Gurdaspur, Faridkot and Ludhiana. Colonel Kanwar Bhardwaj and I are attending two rallies at Hisar and Bhiwani in Haryana Mar 21.
Best regards,
Lt Gen (Emeritus) Raj Kadyan, PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Chairman IESM
Veterans' Voice
Dear Gen Satbir,
Please accept hearty congratulations for this, being one of the great achievement of IESM as BJP Prime Ministerial Candidate Sh. LK Advani’s visit to Jantar-Mantar on behalf of his Party and its NDA partners, have realised the mistake of present Govt and accordingly promised for implementation of “One Rank One Pension” without any delay if they come in power. Today every citizen of the country knows the injustice meted to defence services.
Major Credit goes to you, Gen Raj Kadyan, Brig C S Kamboj, Cdr Sharan Ahuja and all other Core group members who are working day and night for the last three months. This way all ESM can definitely do a lot more for the justice and welfare of Defences Services which was neglected by the Government since idependence of the country, as there was no dedicated organisation like IESM to raise the voice of ESM and present before the Govt for justice and welfare of veterans. Implementation on guide lines issued by you are in hand to achieve the Mission. Almighty God is with us to guide and help us in achieving our Mission.
With Kind Regards,
Brij
Lt Col B M Thapa (Retd)
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