Chandigarh: Congress MP Amarinder Singh today hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking if his government can provide Rs 1 lakh crore special package to Jammu and Kashmir, what prevented it from sparing Rs 9,100 crore for one-rank one-pension (OROP) for the ex-servicemen.
He regretted the "long and unexplained delay" in granting OROP to the ex-servicemen by the NDA government, despite the previous UPA regime "already having approved it".
Reminding the PM of the promises he made to ex-servicemen over the issue during poll campaign, Captain Amarinder said, "Now more than a year has passed since you formed government and the matter is perpetually and deliberately being delayed. This delay amounts to virtual denial."
The former Punjab Chief Minister said, the ex-servicemen have given their life for the country guarding our borders in most hostile conditions.
He regretted the "long and unexplained delay" in granting OROP to the ex-servicemen by the NDA government, despite the previous UPA regime "already having approved it".
Reminding the PM of the promises he made to ex-servicemen over the issue during poll campaign, Captain Amarinder said, "Now more than a year has passed since you formed government and the matter is perpetually and deliberately being delayed. This delay amounts to virtual denial."
The former Punjab Chief Minister said, the ex-servicemen have given their life for the country guarding our borders in most hostile conditions.
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