Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju called up Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi ordering him that these defence veterans should not be removed from the protest site.
"I have asked the Commissioner of Police not to remove the ex-servicemen from Jantar Mantar and let them continue the protest," Rijiju said.
Agitating ex-servicemen demanding implementation of OROP were today allegedly manhandled by the police who tried to evict them on security grounds ahead of Independence Day celebrations tomorrow.