One Rank One Pension row: Ex-servicemen begin hunger strike

June 15, 2015 12:46

Angry over the delay in implementation of 'One Rank One Pension', hundreds of ex-servicemen began their relay hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Monday.

Hundreds of ex-servicemen on Sunday protested in the national capital against the delay in implementation of the OROP policy.

The protest was organised by Indian ex-servicemen Movement. The IESM had warned last week that if their demands were not met, they would agitate and go on a hunger strike.

In an extreme step taken to ratchet up the pressure on the government, the ex-servicemen were said to have signed a 'petition in blood' and will hand it over to the President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The protests comes after talks -- both formal and back-channel -- with the government failed as the ex-servicemen were not given a specific timeline for the implementation of the long-pending OROP.

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