Lt Gen Raj Kadyan, PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Chairman
IESM/OROP/President 30 Sep 2010
To,
Smt Pratibha Devi Singh Patil,
Her Excellency the President of India
Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi 110001
Excellency,
It is submitted that we were greatly disappointed when we visited the Rashtrapati Bhawan on 22 August 2010 to deposit medals. Her Excellency had not found time to meet us in person. As our Supreme Commander of Armed Forces, you are our last port of call to resolve all our just problems. As you would be aware, the Ex-Servicemen have been demanding ‘one rank one pension’ for the last 30 years and the Government have not yet acceded to our request. When all our pleadings and entreaties failed to convince the Government, then, after due notice to the authorities, we were compelled to go public with our demand. We are resolved to pursue the matter till we get justice.
We next plan to send a delegation to the Rashtrapati Bhawan on Sunday, 28 November 2010 at 14.30 hours to deposit more medals. We will again request Her Excellency to make it convenient to meet the delegation, hear them out and accept the medals in person. Failing this, we will have no choice but to bring the medals back. The environment will of course remain abreast of the development.
We again assure you that whatever form of protest we adopt, it will remain within the law and tenets of military discipline.
With best regards
Yours sincerely
Lt Gen Raj Kadyan
LETTER TO THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE DELHI
Lt Gen Raj Kadyan, PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Chairman
IESM/OROP/Police 30 Sep 2010
Shri Y S Dadwal, IPS,
Commissioner of Police
M S O Building
New Delhi – 110 002
Dear Sir,
This is to inform you that 5,000 Ex-Servicemen will be holding a peaceful demonstration at Jantar Mantar from 10.00 hours to 15.00 hours on Sunday, 28 November 2010. At 14.30 hours, they will also be handing over their medals at Rashtrapati Bhawan. You are requested to kindly provide necessary security cover. You are also requested that vehicles and police escort for a delegation of ten members may kindly be provided at 1400 hours at Jantar Mantar for proceeding to Rashtrapati Bhawan for depositing medals.
With best regards
Yours sincerely
Lt Gen Raj Kadyan
Saturday, October 2, 2010
IESM: Letter to PM regarding Widows Pension left in suspended animation
Lt Gen Raj Kadyan, PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Chairman
IESM/Widows pension/PM 30 Sep 2010
To,
Dr Manmohan Singh
Hon’ble Prime Minister of India
South Block, New Delhi 110001
Dear Hon’ble Prime Minister,
I draw your kind attention to the letter dated 15 July 2010, I had written to you opposing exclusion of the Service widows from the recent enhancement in pensions and the reply from the PMO, received through Army Headquarters. The reason given in the PMO response is – while citing the Cabinet Secretary’s Committee – ‘No recommendations in respect of family pensioners was made by the Committee’. Whatever be the compulsions of the Government to be bound by the recommendation of a subordinate Committee that the Government had itself constituted, the decision seems to prefer technicalities over sensitivity. This harsh decision to exclude the most needy has caused great consternation among the entire Ex-Servicemen community.
May I request a reconsideration so as to have the recent enhancement of pensions also extended to the Service widows so that they do not feel discriminated.
With best regards,
Yours sincerely,
Lt Gen Raj Kadyan
Copy to:
Mr AK Antony
Hon’ble Minister of Defence
South Block, New Delhi 110001
Secretary, ESW,
Ministry of Defence,
South Block, New Delhi 110001
Chairman
IESM/Widows pension/PM 30 Sep 2010
To,
Dr Manmohan Singh
Hon’ble Prime Minister of India
South Block, New Delhi 110001
Dear Hon’ble Prime Minister,
I draw your kind attention to the letter dated 15 July 2010, I had written to you opposing exclusion of the Service widows from the recent enhancement in pensions and the reply from the PMO, received through Army Headquarters. The reason given in the PMO response is – while citing the Cabinet Secretary’s Committee – ‘No recommendations in respect of family pensioners was made by the Committee’. Whatever be the compulsions of the Government to be bound by the recommendation of a subordinate Committee that the Government had itself constituted, the decision seems to prefer technicalities over sensitivity. This harsh decision to exclude the most needy has caused great consternation among the entire Ex-Servicemen community.
May I request a reconsideration so as to have the recent enhancement of pensions also extended to the Service widows so that they do not feel discriminated.
With best regards,
Yours sincerely,
Lt Gen Raj Kadyan
Copy to:
Mr AK Antony
Hon’ble Minister of Defence
South Block, New Delhi 110001
Secretary, ESW,
Ministry of Defence,
South Block, New Delhi 110001
IESM: Letter to the PM regarding OROP
Lt Gen Raj Kadyan, PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Chairman
IESM/OROP/PM dated 30 Sep 2010
To,
Dr Manmohan Singh
Hon’ble Prime Minister of India
South Block, New Delhi 110001
Dear Hon’ble Prime Minister
There is some information afloat that the Government are considering grant of modified parity in pension to the Ex-Servicemen. I have no means to ascertain the veracity of this information. I would like to submit that the word ‘parity’ is rendered meaningless if any conditionality is pre-fixed to it. Parity is full parity and nothing else.
Assuming that the above information is correct, do allow me to stress that it will not meet our just demand of ‘one rank one pension’, which implies the principle of equal pension for equal work. I would also like to mention that if any one of my colleagues has conveyed the impression that the modified parity would meet the aspirations of the nearly 2.5 million Ex-Servicemen, it may be treated as a motivated view and would be untrue.
The ongoing campaign for ‘one rank one pension’ that was forced on us and that started in 2008 after giving due warning and notice to the authorities, will continue in a lawful and disciplined manner till the demand of ‘one rank one pension’ is met in full by the government.
With best regards,
Yours sincerely
Lt Gen Raj Kadyan
Copy to:
Mr AK Antony
Hon’ble Minister of Defence
South Block, New Delhi 110001
Secretary, ESW,
Ministry of Defence,
South Block, New Delhi 110001
Chairman
IESM/OROP/PM dated 30 Sep 2010
To,
Dr Manmohan Singh
Hon’ble Prime Minister of India
South Block, New Delhi 110001
Dear Hon’ble Prime Minister
There is some information afloat that the Government are considering grant of modified parity in pension to the Ex-Servicemen. I have no means to ascertain the veracity of this information. I would like to submit that the word ‘parity’ is rendered meaningless if any conditionality is pre-fixed to it. Parity is full parity and nothing else.
Assuming that the above information is correct, do allow me to stress that it will not meet our just demand of ‘one rank one pension’, which implies the principle of equal pension for equal work. I would also like to mention that if any one of my colleagues has conveyed the impression that the modified parity would meet the aspirations of the nearly 2.5 million Ex-Servicemen, it may be treated as a motivated view and would be untrue.
The ongoing campaign for ‘one rank one pension’ that was forced on us and that started in 2008 after giving due warning and notice to the authorities, will continue in a lawful and disciplined manner till the demand of ‘one rank one pension’ is met in full by the government.
With best regards,
Yours sincerely
Lt Gen Raj Kadyan
Copy to:
Mr AK Antony
Hon’ble Minister of Defence
South Block, New Delhi 110001
Secretary, ESW,
Ministry of Defence,
South Block, New Delhi 110001
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
