Dear Colleagues,
Our struggle enters another new year. OROP remains an unresolved issue. For a long-pending demand such as this, no quick resolution can be or was expected. That it would be a gruelling slog was foreknown. In all such cases, the government tries a duel strategy. First is to divide the Movement and second is to tire out those pursuing the demand. We need to be prepared and guard against both.
A few colleagues have been articulating suggestions that betray a degree of impatience and fatigue. There are stray hints that we take the farmers’ (violent/ disruptive) route that got their sugarcane related demand accepted within a day. The fact is that the government relented not because they broke hydrants, blocked traffic and even reportedly looted shops, but because the farmers have the power of votes; we unfortunately do not.
We as veterans who pledged even our lives for the nation, and enjoy high respect in society, have to act with responsibility and restraint. For us the means and methods are important. A victory through a dubious route, even if achieved, will be pyrrhic. We need to make a distinction that our struggle is against the government – which are transients- and not against the country. We have to undoubtedly keep the pressure on but also not losing our image in doing so. That is our term of reference.
Let us remain together and persevere.
Best regards,
Lt Gen (Emeritus) Raj Kadyan, PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Chairman IESM
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