Thursday, December 24, 2015

OROP KRANTI ::HONOUR N DIGNITY AND NOT FEW THOUSAND OF RUPEES BY GENERAL SATBIR SINGH CHAIRMAN IESM....



     HONOUR N DIGNITY AND NOT FEW 

               THOUSAND OF RUPEES 

                                  BY

            GENERAL SATBIR SINGH 

                CHAIRMAN IESM....



Dear Citizens

OROP is dear to all of us. It is not a question of few
 thousand Rupees but of honour and dignity of all 
soldiers, both serving and retired, having been snipped 
away bit by bit over the last 68 years. OROP was 
snatched from us by scheming political-bureaucrat 
combine team to downgrade Military in 1973.



Our fight for OROP is 42 years old, but it is only now 
that the fight for it and restoration of the honour and 
dignity of the soldier have come to the National radar 
and has, therefore, started pricking the combined 
conscience of the Nation. This has put the unholy 
combine of the Politician-bureaucrat in a very poor light. 
The Nation has now come to know that while this duo 
had been granting concessions & pay rises to 
themselves without approval of the citizens, they have 
been denying even the basic welfare to its Military.



The machination and scheming of the politician - 
bureaucrat combo has resulted in the nose diving of the 
civil-military relations. Now that this nexus between the 
cheating duo, has been exposed, they are feeling the 
heat and spreading malicious rumours against this 
pious and most peaceful agitation of the veteran 
soldiers at the Jantar Mantar.


The aim of the agitation by the Veteran soldiers at the 
JM was originally for grant of OROP, but it is no more a 
fight only for that. The indifference of the treacherous 
duo has forced us to convert our agitation into one for 
social change. It is a fight for the honour and dignity of 
the soldier, both serving and veterans. It is also for the 
safety and wellbeing of the Military and citizens of India 
that it protects.


We call upon for all citizens to understand the 
treacherous behavior of the Politician-Bureaucrat duo. 
if, today, they are giving stepmotherly treatment to 
Military, what will happen to you tomorrow? This duo 
will do anything to ensure their grip on their perks and 
power. There is no end to their greed. It is a question of 
security, nay, the very integrity of India and its citizens.



Today, the agitation of the Veteran Soldiers, for their 
honour and dignity and that of all the citizens, has 
entered 156th day. This has been the longest and most 
peaceful agitation in the history of the World and that 
too by soldiers.



Our agitation all over the Country has been recognized 
by World Peace Forum and the Rotary Club of India as 
being the most peaceful agitation in the History of the 
World. We, the Veterans, are proud of the way it has 
been conducted. The only disturbance happened on 14 
Aug 2015 when Govt's forces (police and NDMC) 
attacked the most peaceful agitators, manhandled them 
and attempted to forcibly evict them from JM. The 
attempt failed miserably, leaving the Govt egg faced.



Dear Sisters, Brothers and Friends of India, we need 
your support for retrieval of lost honour and dignity of 
the soldier, both serving and retired. We request you to 
extend your hand and hold ours. Many prominent citizen 
groups, including the Bar Council of the Supreme Court 
of India, have come to the JM to extend their whole 
hearted support to our peaceful and just agitation.


Gurudwaras have been extending their help in providing 
accommodation and langar for the groups coming to 
take part in Relay Hunger Strike. They know that it is 
only the soldier who saves the population in Punjab 
from the attackers/invaders across the Northern borders.


Dirty Tricks Department, (DTD), of the Govt has now 
started a campaign to malign the image of the Countries 
Veterans by destroying the peaceful environment 
around the agitation and lower the image of the Military. 
The Veterans are being falsely, mischievously and 
baselessly accused of seeking support of unwanted 
elements.


This reminds us many Govts the World over, including 
our own, creating a monster to defame a genuine and 
most peaceful cause/agitation and then subsequently 
getting swallowed by the very Frankenstien it created. 
History is full of such incidents.


I shall be failing in my duty if I do not inform my Sisters, 
Brothers and Friends of India, that the minor 
concessions given by the Govt, is nowhere near OROP, 
something that stands approved by two Parliaments and 
the Highest Judiciary of India. By announcing it, the 
Govt has not only, demeaned the soldier, the defender 
of the Land but defied the collective will of two 
Parliaments and the unambiguous orders of the SC of 
India.


Imagine, if the Govt can cheat the defenders of Mother 
India, its Military, just to serve its own selfish and 
devious ends, it else it can do to destroy the Country of 
1.25 billion people. Please beware, and do not believe 
the blatant lies of this Govt that OROP has been granted 
and only handful of disgruntled politically motivated 
veterans are still agitating.


Please visit Jantar Mantar and see 80 year old ex-
servicemen and Veer Naris observing hunger strike and 
sitting on agitation there, for the last 156 days, still 
waiting for OROP before they sleep forever.


This agitation at JM, for the reclaiming the honour and 
dignity of the soldier, is pious and most peaceful. We 
have vowed to keep it that way. OROP is the first small 
step towards it. We are seeking the support of all 
citizens of India, our Sisters, Brothers and Friends of 
India. We also seek the support of all political parties.


We intend to educate one and all, including leaders of 
opposition parties and the ruling party because these 
are the men who will finally force the Govt to grant 
OROP.


It is totally wrong to attach a political tag to our 
agitation. No political leader has ever been given a mike 
and the stage at Jantar Mantar and shall be so given.


We, the veteran solidiers of India who fought four wars 
to defend our Motherland, urge you to support us and 
force this instrangient Govt to be answerable to the 
nation and say why it is hell bent on ruining the only 
Institution which still commands the love and respect of 
all the citizens of the Country and why it is hesitating to 
inform the Country the arithmetic of OROP and NFU, 
both of which it and its partenr in crime, the 
bureaucrats, have enjoyed for long.

With Regards,

Yours Sincerely,
Maj Gen Satbir Singh, SM (Retd)

































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