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Veterans Threaten to Burn Medals During OROP Protest

Amid slogans against the government, two veterans tried to burn their medals in front of camera crews.

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High drama ensued on Wednesday at Jantar Mantar where two veterans tried to burn their medals protesting against the ‘One Rank One Pension’ (OROP) scheme announced by the government.

Amid slogans against the government, the two veterans, who were also on a hunger strike, tried to burn their medals before the camera glare. However, others stopped them, with Maj Gen Satbir Singh, (Retd) asking them not to burn the medals.

While officially, the protesting veterans had denied that that they will be burning medals, the media was tipped off in the morning itself. Later, around 50 veterans, marched towards Rashtrapati Bhavan in protest but were stopped by the Delhi Police at Rail Bhavan.

The developments came a day after some ex-servicemen returned their medals in Delhi, Haryana and Punjab. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar had said he was pained to see the medals being returned.

“Medals are given by the country for the service and gallantry acts that the soldiers have rendered. A section insisting on returning the medals because one is not happy with certain clauses of OROP, for which the government is paying over Rs 8,000 crore, is demeaning the medal itself,” Parrikar had said.

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