Indian Military Veterans
As their relay hunger strike over the 'One Rank One Pension'
demand entered its fifth day on Friday, ex-servicemen said that they are
considering taking help from opposition parties, especially in Bihar, to push
their cause.
"United Front of Ex-Servicemen has received feelers from
well-wishers for extension of support to its cause by the Bihar state units of
the JD(U) andCongress parties,"
the group said in a release here even as it sought to underline that it is an
apolitical body. UFESM said that former UPA minister Jitendra Singh and
ex- Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh had wanted to join their protest but
were turned down "politely but firmly" given its apolitical stance.
"However, in view of the continued intransigence of the
present government and its repeated failures to honour assurances given by the
highest in authority, a view towards taking help from opposition parties will
be actively considered," it said. Assembly polls in Bihar are likely
in September/October this year. BJP has a tough fight on hand against the
JD(U)- RJD-Congress-NCP combine.
Besides Bihar, the veterans think they are a strong constituency
also in Punjab where Assembly elections are due in early 2017. The
Narendra Modi government has said it is committed to OROP, a key promise made
during Lok Sabha poll. It is, however, yet to implement the scheme.
Close to 22 lakh ex-servicemen and over six lakh war widows stand
to be the immediate beneficiaries of the scheme, which envisages a uniform
pension for the defence personnel who retire in the same rank with the same
length of service, irrespective of their date of retirement. Currently,
the pension for ex-servicemen is based on the Pay Commission recommendations of
the time when they had retired.
So, a Major General who retired in 1996 draws a lower pension than
a Lieutenant Colonel who retired after 1996.
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