One Rank One Pension - The Meeting in Mumbai

 The Beginning

I flew in from abroad (Singapore) to attend the OROP sammelan of Ex servicemen at Azad Maidan in the region of 31 October 2015 at Mumbai. I am adroitly ensconced, but at the same period enormously concerned more or less implementation of OROP (one Rank One Pension). I have a suit that haunts me. One of my Squadron Commanders now a ripe pass 90+ veteran had retired at the age of 48. People will recollect this was the retirement age of Pilots of the Flying Branch of the Air Force earlier in gloss to.

The man was lucky past a CAS Commendation and logged thousands of hours as a pilot, but today he lives a hand to mouth existence a propos the subject of a pension sanctioned decades gain. This is heart-rending that a veteran is forsaken by his own nation..

The Sammelan (Meeting)

Coming to the sammelan, there was an impressive turnout. I found there was a wisdom of dedication and real arouse at the governments all these years. Speakers spoke subsequent to "josh" and General Satbir Singh gave a fiery speech, which went all along dexterously plus the visitors who had come from all on intensity of Maharashtra. It was a disturbing sight and one was convinced that Ex Servicemen were swiftly representing their cause. Slogans rent the ventilate and this enthused the participants.

After listening to all the speeches and observations, I was at a loss around one reduction. There seemed to be immovable idea disconnect along along amid the serving men and the ex-servicemen. I had acclaimed a few of the serving officers to attend as it was not a political meeting, but no one from the serving fraternity turned happening: it was as if they were not concerned. There is a HQ of the Western Naval Command and umpteen Generals in Mumbai, but not one showed his direction. What does it aspire?

Some stray thoughts:The Black Sheep in our Ranks

I observed that speaker after speaker castigated the "babus". Yes, the babus (clerks) are to blame, but in a limited quirk. Let's be frank the babus would not have a arena day if the zenith hierarchy of the Armed forces led by the COAS, CNS and CAS had not connived furthermore them. I have many links in the IAS fraternity and I am convinced that had the summit brass put their foot the length of this degradation would not have happened. However no speaker seemed to be adjoining around this aspect: the rival within. Even the embassy leaders were not touched: perhaps there was an inherent fright that they may not following it and as such each and every one tiny criticism was finished of these black sheep. So by ignoring the embassy leaders and the army summit brass as culprits, was itself a pointer that the torment is enthusiastic taking into consideration an ostrich.

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What Next

What adjacent?. Writing long articles as rebuttals in the national media and holding these meetings will not bring OROP or the restoration of the Armed forces narcissism, therefore atrociously eroded by Nehru and party back 1947. What is the road ahead? I am convinced this anguish which has once upon for months will perhaps go upon and the GOI (Government of India) will recognize a diluted OROP. Forget roughly restoration of the armed forces status as it existed in 1947. The dependence of the hour is to set course upon two major points