08 Dec 2015.
Dear Indian Military Veterans and Veer Naris,
Jai Hind.
A more detailed report about the Press Conference held at Jantar Mantar, on 07 Dec 15, received from Gp Capt VK Gandhi, is appended below.
In service of Indian Armed Forces Veterans of All Ranks
& Families Around the World
& Families Around the World
Chander Kamboj
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From: Vinod Gandhi [mailto:vk_gandhi@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 8, 2015 11:00 PM
To: REPORT MY SIGNAL (CS KAMBOJ); 'CK Sharma'; Satbir Singh
Subject: REPORT OF 07 DEC
REGARDING PRESS CONFERENCE
Dear Brig Kamboj,
We had a press conference at JM. The PC was presided jointly by Sh RJ (Ram Jethmalani) and Gen Satbir Singh.
Gen Satbir gave brief history of OROP and then he briefed the press that Government has not corrected the anomalies pointed out by ex-servicemen in the notification issued on 7 Nov 15. He further briefed the press that the Govt is not serious in solving these anomalies.
Ex-servicemen had pointed out these anomalies to the Government but they did not pay heed to it. OROP notification issued on 7 Nov without correction of these anomalies. This is not acceptable to ESM.
ESM have been agitating at JM for last 175 days and will continue to do so till Govt removes these anomalies.
Gen Satbir welcomed the name of Gen VK Singh as mediator and hoped that through his efforts OROP tangle will be sorted out soon.
He informed the audience that Government is yet to issue a notification for detailing Gen VK Singh as mediator.
He expressed hope that Government will soon issue notification on the subject.
He informed the audience that Government is yet to issue a notification for detailing Gen VK Singh as mediator.
He expressed hope that Government will soon issue notification on the subject.
Hon Lt K Pandey and Gp Capt VK Gandhi then explained to the audience the anomalies in the notification and how these anomalies are damaging the very soul of OROP.
Thereafter, Gen Satbir welcomed Sh Ram Jethmalani and thanked him for taking up the case of OROP for Exservicemen pro bono.
Sh Ram Jethmalani expressed that he had made only one mistake in his life of believing and campaigning for NDA in last elections.
He stated categorically that he will do anything to educate the nation that those who do not have courage to fulfill the promises made at the time of elections have no right to rule the country.
He emphasized that the fact that Govt is not explaining the arithmetic of OROP and the reasons to deny the OROP to Armed forces is admission that their intention is not clean.
It is evident that the Govt is working under some pressure that they can not fulfill a solemn promise which only cost Rs 8298.6 crore per year, whereas they are not taking any action to bring back black money stashed abroad.
He expressed that he requests Govt to honor their promise for delivering full OROP.
He further stated that he will explore all possibilities of solving this impasse through talks and will take recourse to legal action only as a last resort.
He further expressed that he is confident that good sense will prevail on Govt and they will soon rectify the notification.
Later in the evening COAS expressed his desire to
meet with Gen Satbir Singh and Gp Capt VK Gandhi.
The meeting took place at 1730h.
Salient points in the meeting were
We do not have any more demand.
He was politely told that Govt must honor OROP definition as approved by parliament and we will close JM.
He was told that rank and file are very annoyed with this stepchild treatment of ex-servicemen and by diluting definition of OROP and will assemble to show their angst and unity to purpose to Govt.
Regards
Gp Capt VK Gandhi VSM
Gen Sec IESM
Flat no 801, Tower N5
Gen Sec IESM
Flat no 801, Tower N5
Narmada Apartments, Pocket D6
Vasant Kunj, Nelson Mandela Marg
New Delhi. 110070
Mobile 09810541222
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Mobile 09810541222
OROP is our right. Dilution in OROP will NOT be accepted.
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