ESM Welfare and Politics

Dear Veterans,
I write this email with reference to a recent email by a senior veteran from another ESM organization discounting the efforts and achievements of IESM in the past three years. I would like to begin with my opening statement that 'IESM' does not need any certification or approval from any ESM Organization.
It is rather outstanding and remarkable that despite having said it a thousand times, we at IESM have to continuously and repeatedly draw everyone’s attention to the cause behind the formation of IESM. If the other ESM Organizations were as effective, potent and efficient as they claim to be, all of us at IESM would have gladly become active members of them and by now OROP and other demands of the ESM would have already been fulfilled. The sad truth remains that they are not. And it is because of that that IESM was formed. IESM was formed because the Government chose to totally ignore the ESM of the country till the point they were forced to initiate civil action and civil movements like the dharna at Jantar Mantar and various other IESM rallies.
At this point I must again mention that IESM is by its very definition and remains completely apolitical. Our interests are the interests of ESM and that only. Nothing more and nothing less. Formed by selfless volunteers from all ranks, all arms with no objective but the welfare of ESM and a personal satisfaction of doing good work, IESM remains committed to the good of each ESM and ESM family in the country. IESM is answerable to every ESM of the country but NOT to any vested interest driven outfit/organization.
The IESM mission is a movement headed by some of the most efficient and driven personnel to have ever served the Indian military. And to make it even more effective our mission is further fortified by a remarkable set of officers, JCOs and Other Ranks that form the state, district and city/village level conveners, coordinators and representatives. If the IESM HQ is the Brains, this potent team of wonderful men is the ‘Heart and Lungs’ of IESM.
The insensitivity towards the ESM of the country is, as I have mentioned in the past, a dangerous game. That said, it is also a game that is about to finish. And the ESM of India will win this battle for justice. I do not say that IESM and IESM alone will take the credit for this victory but we do take the credit for organizing and mobilizing lakhs of ESM and ESM organizations across the country to spur into action and move this mission forward. The love and faith that ESM across the country have shown in IESM and its people speaks for itself and needs no proof. After all this love, affection and faith of millions of ESM is the very fuel that powers the IESM turbofan engine.
Any person or organization that goes about changing things is resisted, mocked at, ridiculed and countered. That is why IESM remains the only ESM Welfare Organization that receives all sorts of comments. But in the words of the Great Mahatma, “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” And make no mistake, we are winning.
IESM as a part of its mission has written tens of hundreds of letters to all dignitaries irrespective of party/affiliation. IESM representatives have also had meetings with state and centre MPs and MLAs regardless of their political affiliation to any party. The letter to Shri LK advani was a part of the same strategy to sensitize the entire Indian political system regarding the challenges of the IESM.
The ESM of the country are not begging the country for something that is not justified. The ESM of the country are demanding what is rightful and justified. It is not a matter of ‘if’ it’s merely a matter of ‘when’…
With warm regards,
Kameshwar Pandey
Sub/ Maj Hony Lt (Veteran)
Governing Body Member Indian ESM Movement