Ex-servicemen on hunger strike for OROP put up black flag at Jantar Mantar
Three defence veterans Colonel (retired) Pushpinder Singh of 3 Grenadiers, Havalder (retired) Major Singh of 3 Sikh Light Infantry and Havaldar (retired) Ashok Chauhan have been on hunger strike since August 16.
After a meeting with the principal secretary of the PMO Nripendra Misra, veterans have given a 10 day time frame for the government to act. They have reportedly maintained that they will not escalate their demonstration any more.
The Narendra Modi government has said it is committed towards the OROP but has not given a time frame for its implementation.
Over 2.5 million strong ex-servicemen and war widows community has been demanding One Rank One Pension.
The protesting ex-servicemen and war widows have decided to boycott all the government programmes including the 50th anniversary of 1965 war with Pakistan, which the government is planning to celebrate on August 28.
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