Congress hits back, says Modi distorting facts on OROP

September 07, 2015 08:37

Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over OROP, Congress today accused him of "diluting" the UPA's proposal on the scheme for retired servicemen and also "deliberately" distorting facts.

Questioning the Prime Minister's claim that governments in the last 40 years did nothing to implement one rank one pension, the party asked if he was also attacking former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who also ruled during the period.

"Prime Minister has mastered the art of distorting the facts and misrepresenting. He either suffers from a selective amnesia or is deliberately telling untruth to confuse and mislead the masses," senior Congress leader Anand Sharma today said.

"The Prime Minister is not telling the truth. Is he also accusing besides the Congress, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee of not doing anything? Because let's remind Narendra Modi that in the last 40 years Congress was not in office for 10 years," Sharma asked.

He further said that the decision on OROP was the fallout of public pressure and anguish among people.

"Even now, his decision is linked to public pressure. There was anguish in the country to see day after day the veterans, soldiers, who have defended our frontiers demanding and agitating," Sharma said.

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