RELAY HUNGER STRIKE AT JANTAR MANTAR NEW DELAY FOR DELAY IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OROP

Indian Military Veterans

 Dated: 27 June 2015

                             

 RELAY HUNGER STRIKE AT JANTAR MANTAR NEW DELAY FOR DELAY IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OROP

Dear Friends,

1.      Today is the 13^th Day of the Relay Hunger Strike which is being carried out across the country at more than 50 locations. ESM at more locations are joining in from J&K to South & from West to the East of the country.

2.    Friends, OROP as a concept, as you all know, had been sanctioned by the Govt on 17 Feb 2014. It has been accepted in the parliament by two Govts, that is by UPA 2 & the NDA.
Koshyari Committee had strongly recommended implementation of OROP. Its report was placed in the Rajya Sabha on 19^th Dec 2011.

3.    It is reiterated that there is only one approved definition of OROP and not many in circulation as being told to the people of India by the PM. Secondly, it is simple to execute and is not complicated as mentioned by the PM in “Mann Ki Baat”. In fact Draft Govt letter prepared by the service HQs on 22 Apr 2014 is waiting to be implemented.

4.    The complete proposal to implement the OROP has been prepared by the RM Mr. Manohar Parrikar in consultation with service HQ and other stake Holders and approved by him on 17 Feb 2015 for an amount of Rs 8300 crores.  The approved proposal had been sent to the Finance Minister on 17 Mar 2015 where it is lying with the FM and the bureaucrats of Finance Ministry.

5.     The PM has not ensured that his assurance to the Defence Fraternity to implement the OROP is executed earliest. The resentment amongst the Rank and File of Defence Fraternity has increased so much that a Maha Sangram Rally was held at Jantar Mantar and at 50 more location in country on 14 June 2015 followed by indefinite Relay Hunger Strike with effect for 15 June 2015.
We have also asked the Defence Fraternity to boycott all Govt functions till such time OROP is not implemented.

REQUEST . We at the United Front of Ex Servicemen request that senior officers ie Generals must take the lead as they have done while in service. We request that at least ELEVEN GENERAL OFFICERS SHOULD VOLUNTEER TO SIT ON RELAY HUNGER STRIKE at Jantar Mantar on 01 July 2015. May we request General Officers to volunteer for the same?

Retired Generals: PLEASE LEAD FROM THE FRONT.

  

With Regards,   

Yours Sincerely,

Maj Gen Satbir Singh, SM (Retd) 

Chairman IESM
Mobile: 9312404269, 0124-4110570

Email:satbirsm@gmail.com