Vexed over the delay in implementation of One Rank One Pension scheme, a group of ex-servicemen has decided to greet Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar with black flags when he arrives on a visit in Chandigarh tomorrow.

"We will go ahead with our plan to show black flags to the minister for his failure to have already approved the OROP scheme," said Brigadier (Retd) Harwant Singh, representative of the United Front of Ex-Servicemen.

"The defence minister has often mouthed platitudes for soon implementing OROP but has not given a firm date when that 'soon' would arrive," he said. Parrikar is scheduled to visit Mohali tomorrow for the inauguration of 'Mai Bhago Armed Forces Preparatory Institute', set up by the Punjab government to impart specialised training exclusively to female aspirants across the state to join the National Defence Academy in the country.

Singh said about 500-600 army men under the banner of United Front of Ex-Servicemen ill assemble at Gurudwara 'Singh Shaheedaan', Sohana in Mohali and from there they would move towards the inauguration site.

"Our anger is not against any person, but against the government's policy of enormous delay in implementing OROP. We will remain peaceful and disciplined during the said demonstration," he said.