New Delhi, Sept 13 Ex-servicemen today returned about 5,000 service medals to the President in protest against the government&aposs"total apathetic attitude"towards their demand of One Rank One Pension (OROP).
A ten-member team led by General (Retd) B K Renjan returned the medals, which 4,000 ex-servicemen had voluntarily deposited, to the President, Maj Gen (Retd) Satbir Singh, vice-chairman of the Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement (IESM), said.
The organisation deposited the service medals" to make the government see the demands", he added.
"It is because of the bureaucracy and political parties that our demands remain unaddressed. Why does the government not meet the demands of the most strongest pillar of democracy?" Singh asked.
The creation of two groups -pre 2006 and post 2006- by the government had led to "a wide gap" in the pension scale for the various ranks, he said.
"A Havildar gets less than a Sepoy. A Major General gets less than Lt Colonel who is four ranks junior to the former. There is only a difference of some 1,000 rupees among the four ranks between Lt Col and Major General,"he said.
According to the IESM, the retired personnels had earlier returned around 15,000 medals and this was the fifth time when the organisation has deposited the medals to the President.
Ex-servicemen returns 5,000 service medals; demands OROP
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