CPI-M backs demand for ‘One Rank One Pension’
CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury on Friday expressed solidarity with ex-servicemen seeking ‘One Rank One Pension’ — or equal pension for each rank of retired soldiers.
The CPI-M general secretary also took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not meeting the ex-servicemen’s demand despite promising to do so during the Lok Sabha election campaign.
In an open letter to The United Front of Ex-Servicemen, the Communist Party of India-Marxist leader expressed “deep concern” over the indefinite relay hunger strike by former soldiers here since June 14.
“Understandably, the retirees from the armed forces have been legitimately agitating for recognition and implementation of ‘One Rank One Pension’,” he said.
Saying the demand had attracted support from the entire political spectrum, he said the BJP had been more specific in making the promise in the run up to the general elections.
Yechury recalled that Modi had categorically said in March 2014 that if the Bharatiya Janata Party won the Lok Sabha battle, the ‘One Rank One Pension’ demand would be implemented within one month.
“But like so many other electoral commitments made to different democratic
sections of the society, the union government has also reneged on this question.”
Ex-servicemen want that the pension given to retired soldiers should be the same within each rank. In other words, a colonel who retired, say, 20 years ago should get the same pension which a colonel retiring now gets.
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Prabir Kumar Mazumder says
Urging the Government, that promised implementation of ONE RANK ONE PENSION for Defence Forces during their poll campaigns, to implement it at the earliest.This will do a world of good to the moral of our serving soldiers.
Babu Ram says
OROP accepted and supported by all parties but granted by none.Everyone knows the main culprit by this time. May God prevail good sense to all those responsible to grant it before it is too late.
AG says
Chilled Tavarish,
Hope you are too late to respond
but any way late is better than never.
Watch Independence Day program from REDFORT on 15th August 2015 and celebrate.
Karunakaran.A Hav says
Dear sir,
supreme court , armed forces tribunal, opposition party leaders including communist party are in favor of release of OROP as accepted by the government , why there is delay, because modi parikkar and jaitley [the main culprit] who has been defeated by the ex army personnel in the lok sabha and he is indulging in act of revengeful tendency, they are not capable of running the government, uncared of the seriousness in the matter, once the morale is down in the hearts of serving soldier, the country will be in trouble, BJP is useless party, because of the circumstances they are in power, presently the pak government openly declares that they will use nuclear darts on india in the event of war breaks out