Capt blames bureaucracy for delay in OROP
Thursday, 04/12/2014
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Chandigarh: Blaming the vested interests in the bureaucracy for undue delay in granting one rank one pension (OROP) to country’s 30 lakh ex-servicemen, Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Captain Amarinder Singh has sought urgent attention of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the issue.
In a letter to the PM, a copy of which was released to the media, here on Wednesday, Amarinder wondered whether it was the bureaucracy or the parliament that was running the country.
“I am intrigued over such a situation where the bureaucracy has been trying to overrule parliament. Is it the bureaucracy that is running this country or Parliament?” he asked.
He said it was strange that despite the decision about OROP having been approved by parliament no headway has been made so far as the vested interests in the bureaucracy are trying to scuttle it. The former Chief Minister wondered despite both the UPA and NDA in favour of the decision it was still not being implemented because of the bureaucratic hurdles.
