Thursday, December 10, 2015

OROP KRANTI : CALL OF THE BUGLE FROM 'JANTAR MANTAR' -COME & WITNESS THE FALL OF BABU EMPIRE



                   CALL OF THE BUGLE

                               WITNESS

               THE FALL OF BABU EMPIRE















FINAL PUSH - REQUEST TO ATTEND 



RALLY AT JM ON 13 DEC ’15




Friends , 


This message is for the Veterans of Mohali and areas 

around. If you are one of them take action on the same. 

If not,
KINDLY forward it to ALL your friends , foes and 

even remotest
contacts with request to fwd the same to

their friends, foes and
remotest contacts for attending 

the Rally.
The contents of the mail pasted below from 

Brig C. Kamboj are
self explanatory. To show that you 

want proper O.R.O.P. as defined
and accepted by the two

 Parliaments, PLEASE attend the Aakrosh Rally
at JM on 

13 December . Its GRAND SUCCESS will make the Govt 

the SEVEN anomalies and issue a fresh Notification on 

O.R.O.P.
accordingly.


It will also strengthen the hands of the

 mediator (Gen VK Singh) to get us 

JUSTICE. 



You have made great sacrifices and ONE MORE
sacrifice 

of ENSURING this Aakrosh Rally a GRANDEST SUCCESS

 will
bring you a crowing glory. Future generations of 

trhe soldiers will
remember you for your GREAT 

CONTRIBUTION.

Buses will start from Mohali on 13 

December , EXACTLY at 6 AM
(0600h) from “NRI and 

Women’s Wing , Punjab Police” building , next to 

Scooter Market Phase -7 , Mohali . KINDLY be there

 by 05.45 AM Sharp
on 13 December . For

any queries please contact Col AS Sandhu at
9872333060 .


 With Best Regards, 

 Brig Harwant Singh (Retd)
President ,

 the All India Defence Brotherhood (Regd) ,
Member Governing Body , IESM,





BRIG C. KAMBOJ

REPORT MY SIGNAL , 09 Dec 2015.

Dear Indian Military Veterans and Veer 

Naris,


Jai Hind ,



Kindly do realise that meeting called by the RM on 01 

Dec 15, to discuss issues about OROP and the OROP 

agitation going on at Jantar Mantar and many other 

cities, is a sure sign of the extreme pressure

The Modi Government is feeling because of the 

continued agitation against Government’s lethargy and 

faulty policy about OROP.




We now must strike very hard while the iron is still hot.

Let us demonstrate SAINIK EKTA against the unjust 

policies of the Government.



I most humbly appeal to ALL ESM ORGANISATIONS and 

individual ESM and Veer Naris, who may not be a 

member of any ESM organisation, to make

an all out effort to make the “SAINIK AAKROSH RALLY”,

 at Jantar Mantar, on 13 Dec 2015, from 10.00 AM to 

3.00 PM, a GRAND SUCCESS.






Your key to success in getting OROP as per the definition 

approved by the Two Parliaments, lies in the success of 

the –

                            “SAINIK AAKROSH RALLY”



Dear Leaders of All ESM Organisations – our approaches 

may bedifferent but, basically we all are working for the 

welfare of IndianMilitary Veterans and the Veer Naris.



Therefore, for one day – take the approach which has 

sure signs of

light at the far end of the tunnel.



                      For one day – 

LET US ALL FORGET OUR DIFFERNCES

                  OF OPINION 

and gather at Jantar Mantar on 13 Dec 

2015,from 10.00AM to 3.00 PM.ON

                  13 DEC 2015



LET US ALL STAND SHOULDER TO SHOULDER

AND SUPPORT THAT DOYEN OF O.R.O.P. COLONEL

 INDERJIT SINGH OF THE GRENADIERS ,

WHO INSPITE OF HIS FRAIL HEALTH IS THERE EVERY 

DAY, IN HIS WHEEL CHAIR, AT JANTAR MANTAR ,SINCE 14 JUN 2015.



Do not look for excuses of your ill health or means of 

transportation or other family problems.



We as soldiers have never bothered about our health or 

any other thing when it came to performing duty.




Then why not we all, without caring for our health and 

other problems,be at Jantar Mantar on 13 Dec 2015,

to get justice for the Indian Military Veterans and Veer

 Naris.



Please join the RALLY with family and friends, including 
civilian friends.


For those staying in NCR and around – best mode of 

conveyance would beDelhi Metro.The ESM Rally site at 

Jantar Mantar is at easy walking distance from

Patel Chowk Metro Station.


Those travelling by own transport should park their 

vehicles at Patel Chowk Metro Car Park.



AND LASTLY,


I must inform you that while there are over 4000

members who are ondirect emailing list of "REPORT MY 

SIGNAL" – just about 10 or 12members have contributed

funds for the important rally being held on13 Dec

15.Please get over your lethargy.



PLEASE – I most humbly, once again, request you all to 

contributefunds generously for the 13 Dec Rally.



Time left is very little and tasks ahead to organise the 

SAINIKAAKROSH RALLY are very large in numbers.So get

 with your contributions without any further delay.



In service of Indian Armed Forces Veterans of All Ranks

& Families Around the World

Chander Kamboj










Audio: Iron Maiden - The Trooper
Half a league, half a league,
  Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
  Rode the six hundred.
'Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns' he said:
Into the valley of Death
  Rode the six hundred.
Forward, the Light Brigade!'
Was there a man dismay'd?
Not tho' the soldiers knew
  Some one had blunder'd:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
  Rode the six hundred.
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
  Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
  Rode the six hundred.
Flash'd all their sabres bare,
Flash'd as they turned in air
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army while
  All the world wonder'd:
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right thro' the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reel'd from the sabre-stroke
Shatter'd and sunder'd.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
  Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
While horse and hero fell,
They that had fought so well
Came thro' the jaws of Death,
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them,
  Left of six hundred.
When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
  All the world wonder'd.
Honour the charge they made!
Honour the Light Brigade,







OROP KRANTI :: DETAILED REPORT REPORT OF 07 DEC REGARDING PRESS CONFERENCE FROM GP CAPT VK GANDHI





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

Chander Kamboj

----------

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. 

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

  • He was told that Gen VK Singh will be nominated as mediator for OROP impasse. 
  • COAS expressed that he was hopeful that a mutually acceptable solution will soon emerge for OROP.
  • He was told that our position is very clear that we only want Govt to abide by the OROP definition as approved by Parliament. 
    We do not have any more demand. 
  • He inquired our min requirement for closing the agitation at JM. 
    He was politely told that Govt must honor OROP definition as approved by parliament and we will close JM. 
  • He confirmed that he would be working towards finding a mutually acceptable solution. 
  • He further inquired about the purpose and nature of the rally planned for 13 Dec. 
    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. 
  • He also confirmed that three chiefs together have given a presentation to RM about deficiencies in circular 547 and 549 regarding arrears due to ex-servicemen from 1 Jan 06. Service HQ will monitor progress on this very seriously. 
  • He also informed us that three chiefs together have taken up with Govt about the shortcomings of 7 CPC. 


  • Regards
    Gp Capt VK Gandhi VSM 
    Gen Sec IESM
    Flat no 801, Tower N5
    Narmada Apartments, Pocket D6 
    Vasant Kunj, Nelson Mandela Marg
    New Delhi. 110070
    Mobile   
    09810541222
    OROP is our right. Dilution in OROP will NOT be accepted.













    Wednesday, December 9, 2015

    OROP KRANTI :: "SADDA HAQ,AITHE RAKH"




                        
                                CHALLO  DILLI
                    "SADDA HAQ,AITHE RAKH"



    'Vinod Gandhi' via IESM_Group
     iesm_group@googlegroups.com

    9:53 PM (6 minutes ago)
    to yahoogroupsyahoogroups
    All veterans are requested to attend the rally on 13 Dec 15 in large numbers

    Regards
    Gp Capt VK Gandhi VSM
    Gen Sec IESM
    Flat no 801, Tower N5
    Narmada Apartments
    Pocket D6 
    Vasant Kunj
    Nelson Mandela Marg
    New Delhi. 110070
    Mobile   09810541222


    OROP is our right. Dilution in OROP will NOT be accepted.
     
    IF YOU SEE SOMEONE WITHOUT A SMILE GIVE HIM ONE OF YOURS.








    Tuesday, December 8, 2015

    OROP KRANTI :Parrikar wanted OROP but was pressurised by corrupt people in Cabinet, says Ram Jethmalani

    SOURCE ::
    http://www.firstpost.com/politics/parrikar-wanted-orop-but-was-pressurised-by-corrupt-people-in-cabinet-says-ram-jethmalani-2536458.html


    Parrikar wanted OROP but was pressurised by corrupt people in Cabinet, says Ram Jethmalani




    Dec 7, 2015


     Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar was in favour of granting 'One Rank, One Pension' (OROP) to ex-servicemen but pressure was exerted on him by his Cabinet colleagues on the issue, legal luminary Ram Jethmalani on Monday claimed even as he launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
    Jethmalani, a supporter-turned-critic of Modi and a former BJP leader, said apart from failing to deliver on his electoral promise of bringing back black money stashed abroad, Modi has not been able to deliver on the OROP issue.
    Ram Jethmalani. Reuters
    Ram Jethmalani. Reuters
    Ex-servicemen have been staging protests at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi for the past 176 days, demanding OROP.
    "There is no other person better than the Defence Minister (Parrikar) to give OROP as he was in favour of our demand. But ultimately he was pressurised by corrupt people in Cabinet.
    "The government has reduced OROP to writing. I am ashamed to say that after having committed to give OROP, the prime minister says that he has not understood the issue," the noted lawyer said at a press conference organised by ex-servicemen at Jantar Mantar.
    When asked about the agitation's future course of action, Jethmalani, who is giving legal support to the movement, refused to elaborate further. "There is no need to go to court. The Bihar electoral lesson has taught him a lesson and Modi is not ready for any such defeats. I am not going to spell out my legal strategy," he said.
    Jethmalani, who has been a vocal critic of the government over the black money issue, also claimed that Germany had a list of around 1,400 names, majority of which were Indians, but the government did not approach the country for the list.
    "The Germans say India is yet to approach them for the list," he said.
    Meanwhile, the protesting veterans have announced a Sainik Akrosh Rally at Jantar Mantar on 13 December to press their demand for implementation of OROP.
    The United Front of Ex-Servicemen (UFESM), an umbrella organisation spearheading the protest, has also recommended Justice RM Lodha to chair the one-man judicial commission to look into the concerns of the veterans.
    The government came out with a notification on OROP on 7 November but the veterans still remain unsatisfied. They have demanded that OROP should be implemented from 1 April, 2014 and not 1 July, 2015 as in the government notification.
    "OROP principle is in perpetuity and cannot be fiddled with. The Seventh Central Pay Commission is over and above the OROP.
    "Soldiers taking pre-mature retirement after 7 November will not be entitled for the OROP, which is not good for the armed forces as this will result in old army and a war cannot be fought with army of old soldiers. This clause should be removed," Major General (retd.) Satbir Singh, chairman of UFESM, said.













    Monday, December 7, 2015

    MARITIME INDIA : India’s Evolving Maritime Strategy

    SOURCE ::
    http://www.eurasiareview.com/07122015-indias-evolving-maritime-strategy-analysis/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29







     India’s Evolving Maritime Strategy Analysis




    File photo of INS Delhi taken by Brian Burnell, Wikipedia Commons.File photo of India's INS Delhi taken by Brian Burnell, Wikipedia Commons.

    On October 26, 2015, the Indian Navy released its latest maritime strategy, titledEnsuring Secure Seas: Indian Maritime Security Strategy.” This edition is a revised and updated version of the previous outlined strategy “Freedom to Use the Seas: India’s Maritime Military Strategy,” published in 2007. The title itself is indicative of the changing tone of the Indian navy’s interests and intentions from the 2007 strategy. The previous strategy did not take into consideration the changing geopolitical environment and its strategic implications on India’s maritime interests. The 2015 maritime security strategy addresses this gap by complementing the evolving security dynamics in the Indian Ocean region and reflecting a bold Indian navy with a renewed outlook on India’s maritime security needs.
    The security architecture in maritime Asia along with the rise of China is compelling India to define its strategic interests and review its maritime policy. The maritime security strategy precisely does the same. It carries a larger strategic angle than its predecessors and attempts to embody an Indian naval vision for the region.
    There are three key points that underpin the shift in India’s naval strategy as per this document.
    One, this is the first time that an Indian government document is formally acknowledging the implications of the evolving and increasingly accepted concept of the “Indo-Pacific” on India’s maritime security. The geographic extent of this concept has multiple variations but in the contemporary world, the notion essentially brings the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific — theaters of geo-political competition — into one strategic arc. The concept has been formally endorsed by Australia, and Canberra outlines the strategic implications of this region in its 2013 Defense White paper. Regional countries such as the United States, Japan, India, and Indonesia prefer to use the term Asia-Pacific in their official documents but different sections of the leadership from these countries have used the term Indo-Pacific in their speeches and remarks.
    Indian Chief of Naval Staff RK Dhowan, underpinning the need to revise the 2007 maritime strategy, writes, “The shift in worldview from a Euro-Atlantic to an Indo-Pacific focus and the repositioning of global economic and military power towards Asia has resulted in significant political, economic and social changes in the Indian Ocean Region and impacted India’s maritime environment in tangible ways.”
    India has been adamantly focused on the Indian Ocean and the security changes along its maritime boundaries. As developments beyond this region began to shape the maritime security framework in the Indian Ocean Region, there was a sense of uncertainty among regional navies as to whether India is taking note of these changes and, more importantly, if New Delhi will re-align its policies based on these developments. Nations such as the United States, Japan, and Australia had realized the role India could play in the evolving security architecture, but there was no clarity on New Delhi’s intentions. This edition of the Maritime Security Strategy is putting those concerns to rest, to a certain extent.
    Two, the navy’s areas of interest (both primary and secondary) are expanding, reflecting New Delhi’s willingness to play a larger role in the region. The Red Sea, previously a secondary area of interest (as per the revised Maritime Doctrine of 2009), is now an area of primary interest for the Indian navy. Additionally, “the Gulf of Oman, the Gulf of Aden and their littoral regions, the Southwest Indian Ocean, including IOR island nations therein and East Coast of Africa littoral regions” now all are of primary interest to India’s maritime security. While Africa and its littoral regions previously were only of secondary importance, the Gulf of Oman, Aden and the South-West Indian Ocean did not feature specifically in either of the areas of interest in the Maritime Doctrine.
    The secondary area too has expanded to include the “Southeast Indian Ocean, including sea routes to the Pacific Ocean and littoral regions in the vicinity, the Mediterranean Sea, the West Coast of Africa, and their littoral regions.” The South China Sea continues to remain of secondary importance, but adding to this interest is the specific region of the “East China Sea, Western Pacific Ocean and their littoral regions.”
    In defining the areas of interest, the navy’s intention is to outline the geographic extension of its strategic influence and give an indication of its involvement in those areas. Over the years, India’s ASEAN friends have voiced their disappointment in New Delhi’s lack of naval and political presence in the South China Sea, against the backdrop of a rising China. This Maritime Strategy re-affirms India’s resolve to not get directly engaged in the affairs of the Western Pacific and get caught in the U.S.-China power politics dynamic. While ASEAN nations have shown a preference for a larger Indian presence in the Western Pacific, regional navies such as Australia and the United States have encouraged India to play a larger security role and be a “net security provider” in the region.
    This brings us to the third and a critical development in India’s shifting naval strategy – the role of a net security provider. The Indian Navy in this document has attempted to define what it means to be a net security provider. The strategy outlines: “The term net security describes the state of actual security available in an area, upon balancing against the ability to monitor, contain, and counter all of these.” While the navy has not indicated the geographic extent of the region where it aspires to be a net security provider, it has however acknowledged the steps required to be a net security provider. The document does not state whether the navy will be a net security provider and how, but rather outlines the environment conducive to be one. In the backdrop of the region’s expectation for the Indian navy to be a net security provider, the step taken to spell out what the term means is a positive approach. The ‘objective’ for the moment is to “shape a favorable and positive maritime environment, for enhancing net security in India’s areas of maritime interest.”
    This links us back to the first point, which is India’s move to acknowledge the changes happening around India’s area of maritime interest — regardless of whether the navy ascribes to them or not — and renew its own strategy keeping in line with India’s strategic interests.
    The fact that there has been a shift in India’s maritime strategy and policies was made clear through the navy’s engagement under the Modi government. There was, however, no document per se spelling out this shift. The 2015 maritime strategy not only formalizes the intent of the Indian navy, it also takes a bold tone in narrating the same. Given the emphasis on collaborating with other navies, it is clear that part of the narrative is to build a network of regional cooperation to ensure peace and stability in India’s areas of interest. The document also recognizes the increasing importance of HADR operations for the Indian navy, given the expansion of India’s maritime outlook as well as capabilities.
    Be it through the Joint Strategic Vision with the United States, Japan’s inclusion into the MALABAR exercises, new bilateral exercises with Japan, Indonesia, and Australia, or re-engaging with the island nations of the IOR and South Pacific, there is a clear message that India is willing to play a larger role in the unfolding security architecture in the region.
    It was only a matter of time before New Delhi acknowledged the changing dynamics within its area of maritime interests. The initiatives taken under the Modi government to re-engage with the navies of the region are much appreciated and this document is a step forward in voicing India’s intentions and concerns regarding maritime security. If New Delhi can sustain the momentum that it has created in the Asian maritime domain, India will emerge as a credible leader and critical player in the evolving security architecture of the Indo-Pacific
    *The writer is a Junior Fellow at Observer Research Foundation, Delhi