OROP with riders unjust, says Capt
Sunday, 06/09/2015
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Chandigarh : Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today said the belated announcement of one rank, one pension by the NDA government was “only a half-hearted attempt”.
He supported the reservations expressed by the ex-servicemen about the decision, saying if the government’s intentions were sincere it should have addressed the issue reasonably while taking into consideration the genuine demands of the veterans.
Capt Amarinder questioned the logic behind denying OROP to those who seek voluntary retirement. “This is the most unreasonable clause,” he remarked, asking, “Why deny someone the OROP benefit when he is already eligible for the pension?”
The former CM also supported the veterans’ demand for expanding the strength of the one-man judicial commission, appointed for removing anomalies in the OROP, to five with three veterans as its members. He observed otherwise it appeared to be an attempt at delaying the matters.
