Armed Forces Veterans take out rally in Jammu
Scores of army veterans on Monday took out a rally in agitation demanding equality in implementation of the One Rank One Pension (OROP) and OROP-2 scheme for themselves.
The ex-servicemen along with women and widows of martyrs and deceased veterans chanting ”Sainik Ekta Zindabad”, “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” gathered at Woman Park in Reasi and ventilated their demands
The ex-servicemen, under the banner of Former Veterans Association Reasi , organised a rally from woman park and meandering through Bus stand reached mini Secretariat and shouted slogans pressing their issues there.
Later the protestors submitted a memorandum to local authorities and told to clear all the drawbacks which are appearing in One Rank One Pension scheme.
Speaking to media, Army Subedar, Mr Pritam Singh, said”: We staged a protest today to express our agitation against the discrimination being done to our HCOS, JCOS, NCOS, ORS veteran officers through one rank one pension scheme”.
“Our future step is to go Jantar Mantar in Delhi to stage a protest there as our other veterans from last 46 have been protesting there, which is not covered by any National media and it is shameful”, he alleged.
CRPF 9000+ Recruitment 2023 – Apply Link Available
Jammu Srinagar Daily Highway Traffic updates
Join Telegram | Install App for Iphone and Android