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 concerning 31 October 2015 at Mumbai. I am skillfully ensconced, but at the same period the entire concerned about implementation of OROP (one Rank One Pension). I have a lawsuit that haunts me. One of my Squadron Commanders now a ripe pass-fashioned 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 financial credit to.

The man was privileged gone than a CAS Commendation and logged thousands of hours as a pilot, but today he lives a hand to mouth existence regarding a pension sanctioned decades in the in the future taking place. This is heart-rending that a veteran is forsaken by his own nation..

The Sammelan (Meeting)

Coming to the sammelan, there was an astounding turnout. I found there was a sense of dedication and definite ferociousness at the governments all these years. Speakers spoke taking into account "josh" and General Satbir Singh gave a fiery speech, which went down skillfully following the visitors who had come from all on severity of Maharashtra. It was a anti sight and one was convinced that Ex Servicemen were dexterously representing their cause. Slogans rent the express and this enthused the participants.

After listening to all the speeches and comments, I was at a loss upon one reduction. There seemed to be sum disconnect plus the serving men and the ex-servicemen. I had era-honored a few of the serving officers to attend as it was not a political meeting, but no one from the serving fraternity turned occurring: 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 perspective. What does it want?

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 habit. Let's be frank the babus would not have a pitch hours of day if the intensity hierarchy of the Armed forces led by the COAS, CNS and CAS had not connived later them. I have many connections in the IAS fraternity and I am convinced that had the summit brass put their foot afterward to this degradation would not have happened. However no speaker seemed to be adjoining upon this aspect: the opponent within. Even the political leaders were not touched: perhaps there was an inherent scare that they may not behind it and as such every one tiny criticism was ended of these black sheep. So by ignoring the diplomatic leaders and the army peak brass as culprits, was itself a pointer that the torment is animate in imitation of an ostrich.

What Next

What neighboring?. Writing long articles as rebuttals in the national media and holding these meetings will not bring OROP or the restoration of the Armed forces self-importance, therefore atrociously eroded by Nehru and party previously 1947. What is the road ahead? I am convinced this panic which has taking into account upon for months will perhaps go upon and the GOI (Government of India) will endorse a diluted OROP. Forget more or less restoration of the armed forces status as it existed in 1947. The dependence of the hour is to set course upon two major points

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