A section of agitating ex-servicemen will boycott the "high tea" which is being organised next week by President Pranab Mukherjee to felicitate the 1965 war veterans, even as they wrote to defence minister Manohar Parrikar in protest against the "serious shortcomings" in the "diluted" One Rank, One Pension announced on September 5.

"The government has approved OROP but with so many riders that the OROP definition has been completely destroyed and has lost all its significance. What is the use of soldiers attending an event being organized for their honour even when their legitimate demands have not been met," United Front of Ex-Servicemen media advisor Colonel (retd) Anil Kaul told The Times of India.

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