Ex-servicemen to take OROP battle to poll-bound Bihar

June 15, 2015 20:33

Determined to mount further pressure on the Modi government, ex-servicemen have decided to hold a huge rally in Bihar ahead of the assembly elections to demand the "promised due' of 'One Rank One Pension'.

The decision came even as groups of ex-servicemen went on a relay hunger strike in about 20 cities across the country. "We will hold our next maha sangram rally in Bihar. We will continue our protest till our legitimate and promised due of OROP is met," Col Anil Kaul (retd), media advisor to Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement said.

Assembly polls in Bihar are likely in September/October this year. Bharatiya Janata Party has a tough fight on hand against the Janata Dal-United- Rashtriya Janata Dalcombine, which is likely to have a poll pact with Congress in the state.

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