UNITED FRONT OF EX –SERVICEMEN (UFESM) ONE RANK ONE PENSION (OROP)
AND THE AGITATION AT JM
Dear Citizens
OROP is dear to all of us. It is not a question of few thousand Rs but of honor and dignity of all soldiers, both serving and retired, having been snipped away bit by bit over the last 68 yrs. OROP was snatched from us by scheming political-bureaucrat combine team to downgrade Military in 1973.
Our fight for OROP is 42 yrs 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 beteen 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 honor 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 peacefuk 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 will 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 no where 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.
Imagin, 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 od 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 yr 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 rithmetics 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)
Advisor United Front of Ex Servicemen & Chairman IESM
Mobile.9014110570
Email:satbirsm@gmail.com
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