15 Mar 2009, 0557 hrs IST, TNN
Bangalore: Several ex-servicemen from Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Trichy, Tanjore, Madurai and Vellore will assemble at the Mahatma Gandhi statue on M G Road on Sunday to participate in a march for justice around Chinnaswamy Stadium.
They plan to surrender their most precious possession, service medals, to the President as a mark of protest against the callous treatment meted out by the government of India in not acceding to their earlier demand of `One Rank, One Pension'.
To live after retirement with honour and dignity, the ex-servicemen want the interests of old pensioners protected. Veteran Colonel S S Rajan said: "In civil services, a police constable serves comfortably till the age of 60 and retires in a much higher position with a larger pension. However, 85% of sepoys retire just after 15 years service.''
"Most civilians who retire at 60 years live to see only one more pay commission, considering longetivity to be 70-75 years. A jawan lives to see nothing less than four pay commissions. It is the older pensioners of the Army, Navy and Air Force who are worst affected,'' he added. MP Rajeev Chandrashekar will participate in the march.
Ex-servicemen to surrender their medals_TOI
Ex- servicemen to surrender medals- The Hindu
Ex-servicemen to surrender medals- Express
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