EX-SERVICEMEN RALLY AT SQN LDR DEVAIAH BHAVAN, MYSORE: WEDNESDAY, 17 MARCH 2010
1. An EX-SERVICEMEN RALLY was held at SQN LDR DEVAIAH BHAVAN, MYSORE,on WEDNESDAY, 17 March 2010; where at, 53 distinquished Ex-Servicemen led by Veterans Maj Gen CK Karumbaya, Maj Gen KK Murthy, Gp Capt S Rajagopal, Cdr P Lakshman, and few wives of Exservicemen in support, signed in BLOOD, a Memorandum addressed to the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, in support of their demand for grant of MILITARY PENSION by way of "ONE RANK, ONE PENSION".
2. ‘One Rank One Pension’ implies that uniform pension be paid to Armed Forces personnel retiring in the same rank with the same length of service, irrespective of their date of retirement and any future enhancement in the rates of pension be automatically passed on to the past pensioners.
3. The Ex-Servicemen in their Memorandum addressed to the Hon’ble Prime Minister have requested convening of a JOINT PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE [JPC] by 15 Apr 2010, to study the subject matter in its entirety and submit its Report within sixty days (ie. by 15 Jun 2010).
4. Veteran Sunil Rao, Convenor of IESM Mysore, said that the Memorandum is being signed by Ex-Servicemen in their own BLOOD, to impress upon the Hon’ble Prime Minister to request him to initiate immediate steps to ameliorate their problems of Pension and Re-settlement. The Ex-Servicemen in their Memorandum addressed to the Hon’ble Prime Minister have clearly stated that that in case their request for amelioration of our problems relating to Pension and Resettlement are not suitably addressed, the Ex-Servicemen, all over the Country, will be forced to further intensify their struggle; and the next and final step would be to launch a nation wide Satyagraha, undertaking
FAST UNTO DEATH, commencing on 02 Oct 2010.
Sunil Rao.
Convener
IESM, Mysore.
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