OROP Billboards, Samman Samaroh Invite, ESM unity and readers responses

Dear Members,
An invitation from one Maj TC Rao of Congress Party, to some Veterans and VIPs, and a reply by Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi, are reproduced below. If you remember Maj Rao, who had recently put up lot of posters in Delhi Cantt, with his photograph and announced that the UPA Government has granted OROP to All Ranks of Defence Services.
Regards,
Chander Kamboj.

Dear Major Rao,
Have you ever thought of honouring the war disabled? They also desrve to be placed on the radar of you party in the same manner as the war widows and the gallantry award winners. At present, they are conspicuous by their absence. Do you know how many are there in the country, as well as in Haryana? You have listed a whole lot of names on your mail - all political persons, as obvious VIP's. Don't you think the senior veterans, especially the heads of various veteran organisations, also needed to be included in the list of VIP's, not mere spectators, as your mail implies?
Regards,
Vijay Oberoi

Dear Friends,
1. We are conducting a state level “Shahidi Samman Samaroh” on 09 Aug 2009 (Sunday) at ITI Ground Narnaul, where all War Widows and Gallantry Award winners will be honoured by Sh Jagan Nath Pahadia, HE Governor of Haryana. Capt Ajay Singh Yadav, Minister of Irrigation, PWD & Elections will preside and Smt Shruti Chaudhary, Hon’ble MP from Bhiwani-Mohindergarh would be Chief Guest of Honour. Dr Karan Singh Yadav, Ex MP Alwar, Smt Shakuntala Bhagwadia, MLA Bawal, Ch Sukhbir Singh Jonapuria, MLA Sohna, Rao Dharampal, Ex-Minister Haryana, Smt Anita Yadav, MLA Salhawas, Rao Yadvendra Singh, MLA, Jatusana, Maj OP Yadav, MLA, Mandawar, Ch Habbibur Rehman, MLA Nuh, Sh Tika Ram, MLA, Alwar (Rural) and Maj Narpender Sangwan, MLA Dadri will also attend the Samman Samaroh.
2. You are cordially invited to attend.
3. Transport will be made available at Rajiv Chowk on 09 Aug 2009 at 0800h
With Regards
Yours sincerely
Maj (Dr) T C Rao

WHAT IS NEXT COURSE OF ACTION? UNITY MUST BE THE FIRST STEP
Dear Rajinder Kushwaha,
Thank you for your email. I respect your views. From day one I have stood by the principle of our struggle remaining within the law. That is my advice still. Whether our efforts have achieved any results or not is left for everyone's own judgment. Our efforts have been directed for OROP that affects the whole ESM community and not for any ranks.
Best regards,
Lt Gen (Emeritus) Raj Kadyan, PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Chairman IESM

Dear General Raj Kadyan,
Sohi has rightly pointed out the anomalies in the pensions of a MAJOR & a COLONEL and a MAJ GEN and LT GEN. What I suspect is that the people who have been benefitted with the latest govt announcements, as most of the LT GENS and LT COLs have been, they would like to put waters on the proposed action plans. Let us not talk in riddles if we want to really achieve something. Time has come for some concrete steps which will yield desired results. The first thing I would like to see is the UNITY and CONSENSUS on the chosen option or the course of action. Let us not make half-hearted moves with NO RESULTS.
I find most of us are good in scoring self goals and also we might scuttle our own moves by showing dissent. I have been seeing this happening for the last six months that everyone in IESM or IESL is trying to become a LEADER. There are too many people who are drum-beating their names and projecting themselves. Can we have some CENTRAL SPOKES -PERSON doing this?
Finally,I find all sorts of stuff being FORWARDED on this net. Let us remain focussed on one thing. Let us not show favour to some and reject others. If Lt General ViJAY OBEROI's ARTICLE can be circulated by 'REPORT MY SIGNALS"---so should be others. There should be no discrimination---After retirement---we are all retired army officers and there is NO RANK STRUCTURE in civil walk of life --whether a COL or a GENERAL or a MAJOR.
Regards,
Rajinder Kushwaha

Sir,
I am a part of IESM since inception. I, like so many of us here, am NOT looking to be a 'leader' (sic). Thank You. Would gladly have YOU as mine.
Having said that, I fail to understand the 'bottom line' in your mail. If the perception is that 'activity' is better than 'inaction', pls rest assured that we agree. In fact IESM prides itself for having generated 'activity' over past 'nearly one year'. So inactivity is genetically not a characteristic. However, like in past we have to 'choose' the activity carefully. This has been done in the past, and IS being done now. The fact that we are into newer areas of 'endgame' is perhaps the reason why it may appear to be a lull in comparison to the hectic Jantar Mantar days.
If you look back, Jantar Mantar DID serve a purpose. It may be (OR need not be) repeated, but by God's grace, every action by IESM has so far got us moving as anticipated..........perhaps better so.
Like any orchestra, here too, once one instrument has played, it must make way for the other. What that is going to be, needs to be seriously thought over. THIS is the stage we are on.
Lastly, RMS has its own set of rules and discretionary power of reproducing mails and articles they publish in the blog. That is ALWAYS the Administrator's prerogative. Neither Gen Kadyan nor You (or I), can guide them. Its an independent entity, and does NOT form part of IESM. BUT IESM enjoys as much privilege to have their mails circulated as you or any other ESM. If they dont consider publishing certain articles that you would have liked to see, may I recommend introspection to identify if those articles were worthy of larger ESM interest? Or were they just barbs, or just rude letters? May be you will then agree that its not the RANK but the CONTENT that formed the deciding factor for Brig Kamboj and his team. I feel they have been doing a marvellous job for the past nearly one decade, much before IESM came into being, and have greatly contributed to the ESM unity of purpose. I am sure you will agree.
With Warm Regards,
Col RP Chaturvedi

To straighten the records
All non- repetitive articles of Col SS Sohi has been published in Report My Signal Blog. The RMS forums are not discriminatory, only interests of ESM are paramount. To deride LT Col and Lt Gen ranks and accuse them of watering down the movement is preposterous. The GOI by virtue of compulsion have granted enhanced Pension. This should not bracket them negatively for no fault of theirs. The OROP and Pension Parity is our ultimate goal which can be only achieved if there is unity within/ amongst us.
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