New Delhi: Fissures are visible in the ex-servicemen's camp in their fight over 'One Rank One Pension' scheme. Key member of the front that was formed to hold agitation demanding OROP Lt Gen Balbir Singh, announced the exit of his group Indian Ex-Services League from the front.
The split comes just days ahead of the mega rally planned by the veterans seeking clarification from the government over the modalities of the OROP scheme announced by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday.
The scheme announced by the government will take 2013 as the base year to calculate pensions and date of implementation will be 1st July, 2014. The period for review was five years, something that has been a major sticking point while the veterans are demanding the pension to be reviewed every year.
Col. Anil Kaul, a key member of the front had said in the evening that the protest rally scheduled for September 12 is to be held as scheduled. "The Sainik Ekta Rally on September 12, 2015 will be held as planned from Jantar Mantar," Col Kaul said.
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