Rahul Gandhi alleged that the Centre was disrespecting soldiers by not fulfilling their promises regarding long pending OROP scheme.
Over 95% people have already benefited from One Rank One Pension, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Saturday. "More than 95% people have already got the benefit of OROP. The rest are very old pensioners, from 1962 war, so their records are incomplete," he told ANI.
"We are in the process of completing the records of these remaining 4-5%. It will be done in the next two months," Parrikar said.
On Friday, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi alleged that the Centre was disrespecting soldiers by not fulfilling their promises regarding the long pending One Rank, One Pension scheme. Gandhi, who met the ex-servicemen protesting at the Jantar Mantar against the government's lackadaisical approach on the One Rank, One Pension scheme, said that, at this point of time, the issue was not just about the implementation of the scheme but about giving justice to the soldiers.
The suicide by an army veteran over OROP snowballed into a huge political show with Gandhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other opposition leaders attacking the Modi government on the issue. There was high drama after police detained and prevented them from entering a hospital.
The opposition targetted the government following the suicide of the ex-serviceman as he allegedly did not get due OROP benefits. BJP accused Gandhi and Kejriwal of doing politics over a dead body.
National Secretary Shrikant Sharma told a press conference that the government had constituted a committee to look into certain anomalies following the OROP's implementation and it has submitted its report. In two months, its recommendations will be executed.
BJP also said that anywhere between 55-56 lakh ex-servicemen had benefited from the OROP decision while there were only 1 lakh of them who had got less than what they should get.
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