OROP row: No headway yet; two more veterans moved to hospital
August 27, 2015 22:36
No headway was today made in resolving sticky issues for OROP implementation during talks between agitating ex-servicemen and government even as two more veterans on indefinite hunger strike were shifted to the Army hospital following doctor's advice.
As hectic back channel talks continued, Army chief Dalbir Singh Suhag met representativces of ex-servicemen at his South Block office but there was "no forward movement", they later said.
"We met the Army chief but there has been no forward movement. We are firm on our stand that the base year has to be 2013-14 and that payment should begin from April 1, 2014. OROP should not be left to the 7th Pay Commission and the definition has to be the same as accepted by the Parliament," Maj Gen Satbir Singh (Retd), Chairman of the Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement said.
The government wants 2011 to be the base year besides no three per cent annual increase. It also wants payment to begin from April 1, 2015, which has been rejected by the veterans.
Sources in the government said it was fully committed to OROP and was in the process of finalisation.
Two more protesting veterans - Major Piar Chand and Hav Sahib Singh - who were on fast-unto-death were evacuated to Army Research and Referral Hospital here on advice of the doctors.
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